Arabic cinema often seems to follow the same blueprint for its movies. This blueprint frequently features a family settling into a new home, only to discover it’s plagued by Djinn or a man seeking wealth who strikes a bargain with these supernatural beings. Or where a Djinn materializes to punish those who’ve failed to honor their deals. As a result, the horror plays out like a repetitive tune. In Mahmoud Kamel’s latest horror thriller, The Prisoner (or Al Sajeen in Arabic), this design remains intact. The story centers around a family seeking comfort in their new home, hoping to escape the haunting memories of their past. Little do they realize that the horrors they’ll find in this house will eclipse any pain they’ve endured before.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Rawan And Ammar Move Into A New House?
The Prisoner begins with a middle-aged man shooting a woman in the back.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Rawan And Ammar Move Into A New House?
The Prisoner begins with a middle-aged man shooting a woman in the back.
- 10/28/2023
- by Rishabh Shandilya
- Film Fugitives
The deal reveals growing synergies between the Egyptian and Saudi screen industries.
Saudi Arabian company Arabia Pictures Group has unveiled its involvement in a raft of high-profile Egyptian features, during a presentation at Cairo International Film Festival.
The Egyptian projects include Hani Khalifa’s drama Cairo Mecca.
Local star Mona Zaki plays a woman on a mission to participate in the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to atone for past bad deeds.
It is lead produced by Cairo-based Film Clinic with Egypt’s Lagoonie Film Production and The Producers.
The company...
Saudi Arabian company Arabia Pictures Group has unveiled its involvement in a raft of high-profile Egyptian features, during a presentation at Cairo International Film Festival.
The Egyptian projects include Hani Khalifa’s drama Cairo Mecca.
Local star Mona Zaki plays a woman on a mission to participate in the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to atone for past bad deeds.
It is lead produced by Cairo-based Film Clinic with Egypt’s Lagoonie Film Production and The Producers.
The company...
- 12/5/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Cairo-based distributor will release the films across the region over the next year.
Cairo-based distributor Mad Solutions has unveiled a slate of ten Arab features that it will release across the region over the next year.
All ten titles will receive a multi-territory release, with the territories determined by what is appropriate for each film. “These are specialist films so the idea is to give them a wide geographic release, rather than wide in terms of the number of screens,” said Mad co-founder Alaa Karkouti.
Following the August release of Hany Abu Assad’s Omar in eight Arab territories, Mad will distribute an as-yet-untitled Arabic-language horror in August and Ahmed Amer mocumentary Kiss Me Not in October.
Produced by Middle West Films, Kiss Me Not revolves around an Egyptian director who is facing issues with his kissing scenes.
Egyptian omnibus film The Mice Room, which premiered at Dubai film festival last year, will be released...
Cairo-based distributor Mad Solutions has unveiled a slate of ten Arab features that it will release across the region over the next year.
All ten titles will receive a multi-territory release, with the territories determined by what is appropriate for each film. “These are specialist films so the idea is to give them a wide geographic release, rather than wide in terms of the number of screens,” said Mad co-founder Alaa Karkouti.
Following the August release of Hany Abu Assad’s Omar in eight Arab territories, Mad will distribute an as-yet-untitled Arabic-language horror in August and Ahmed Amer mocumentary Kiss Me Not in October.
Produced by Middle West Films, Kiss Me Not revolves around an Egyptian director who is facing issues with his kissing scenes.
Egyptian omnibus film The Mice Room, which premiered at Dubai film festival last year, will be released...
- 5/20/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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