Mohamed Siam
Mohamed Siam is a director, producer and cinematographer who has received several international grants and prizes supporting his films, from funds including the Sundance Institute, the IDFA Bertha Fund, the Catapult Film Fund, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Cinereach, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and ITVS. His first film, ‘Whose Country?’ (2016) screened at the New York Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Hot Docs, among other festivals, and was distributed internationally. An alumnus of numerous prestigious film institutions, such as Sundance Labs, the IDFA Academy, La Fémis and La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde at the Festival de Cannes, Siam is also a Berlinale and Durban Talents alumnus. He is currently working on his second feature-length documentary, ‘Amal’, as well as his first feature-length narrative film, ‘Honey & Blood’.
Amal (2017)
Amal a 14 ans lorsqu’elle se retrouve sur la place Tahrir pendant la révolution égyptienne, après la mort de son petit ami lors de l’émeute du stade de Port-Saïd. Pendant les manifestations, elle est battue par la police et traînée par les cheveux à travers la place. Ce film d’entrée dans l’âge adulte la suit au fil des années après la révolution. Suite
