Khadiga
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2021
Morad Mostafa / Egypt, France / 2021 / 20 min / Colour / DCP2K / In Arabic / English subtitles
Themes: Drama
Rated: 
Mature subject matter. May not be suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas
Description
Khadiga, a young mother of just 17 years of age, is left to raise her child alone when her husband moves away to find work in another city. Moving through the hustle and bustle of Cairo streets, her deteriorating state of mind leads her to make an unimaginable decision. The film deals with isolation and mental health and is the final part of a film series, featuring three mothers of different ages, nationalities and social backgrounds who experience social pressures.
Director
Morad Mostafa
Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian filmmaker who started his career as an Assistant Director on various independent films. He collaborated as an Executive Director on ‘Souad’, which was part of the official selection for Cannes Film Festival 2020 and Berlinale 2021. He has written and directed two short films, ’Henet Ward’ and ‘What We Don’t Know About Mariam’. Both had their world premieres at Clermont-Ferrand and have been selected in other major festivals, winning more than 30 international awards.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Morad Mostafa, Mohamed Mamdouh
- Producer
- Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Sawsan Yusuf
- Cinematographer
- Mostafa El Kashef
- Editor
- Mohamed Mamdouh
- Cast
- Malak Tarek, Fatima Fawzi, Zizi Moustafa, Ayman Abdelaziz