I Promise You Paradise
France, Egypt, Qatar / Fiction / 25' / 4K / Color / 2023
Following a violent incident; Eissa a 17 years old African migrant in Egypt is in a quest against time to save his loved ones whatever it takes.
Director: Morad Mostafa
Script: Morad Mostafa, Sawsan Yusuf
Director of Photography: Mostafa El Kashef
Producer: Sawsan Yusuf, Margaux Lorier, Baho Baksh, Safei Eldin Mahmoud
Editing: Mohamed Mamdouh
Sound: Moustafa Shaaban
Cast: Kenyi Marcellino, Kenzy Mohamed
CV
Morad is an Egyptian Filmmaker, born in Cairo, 1988. He worked in several independent films and collaborated as an Executive Director for film “SOUAD” that was in the official selection in Cannes Film Festival 2020. Morad is an alumni of the Berlinale Talents Campus and Locarno Academy. He wrote and directed three short films all of them were selected in Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide and won several awards. His latest short film “I PROMISE YOU PARADISE” is selected in Festival de Cannes “Critics’ Week” 2023. Morad is currently developing his first feature film “AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY ANYMORE” in the Cinefondation residence of the Cannes Film Festival, as well as at the Torino Film Lab and the Rotterdam Lab IFFR.
Filmography
I Promise You Paradise 2023
What We Don’t Know About Mariam 2021
Henet Ward 2019
Festivals Attended & Awards
Critics’ Week – Cannes Film Festival, 2023 *GOLDEN RAIL AWARD *AUDIENCE AWARD
Cairo International Film Festival, 2023
Bucharest Short Film Festival, 2023 *SPECIAL JURY MENTION AWARD
Curtas Vila do Conde, 2023
Svaneti International Film Festival, 2023 *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2023*BEST FICTION SHORT FILM AWARD
DokuFest, 2023
Galichnik Film Festival, 2023 *BEST FICTION *AUDIENCE AWARD
Locarno Film Festival – Academy screening, 2023
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 2023
Cinéfest Sudbury, 2023
Tirana Film festival, 2023
Encounters Film Festival, 2023
Galichnik Film Festival, 2023 *BEST FICTION AND AUDIENCE AWARD
AFlam Du Sud festival, 2023
Reykjavík International Film Festival, 2023
Festival du Film de Montreuil, 2023
SorsiCorti SFF, 2023
Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, 2023
Sedicicorto Forli International Film Festival, 2023 *FIRST PRIZE
Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, 2023
TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2023
Stockholm International Film festival, 2023
Shorts Mexico, 2023 *BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Panama Canal International Film Festival, 2023
2nd Solidarity Film Festival, 2023
Chicago International Film Festival, 2023
The Black Sea Film Festival, 2023 *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tbilisi Cinema Club, 2023
Linz International Short Film Festival, 2023
Dhaka International Film Festival, 2024
Yerevan International Short Film Festival, 2023 GRAND PRIZE * BEST SCREENPLAY
Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, 2023 *BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur FF, 2023
Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb, 2023
Festival International du court métrage de Dakar, 2023 *GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM *BEST ACTOR AWARD FOR KENNY MARCELINO
MedFilm Festival, 2023 *JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Calgary Arab Film Nights, 2023
Durham Region International Film Festival, 2023
Byron Bay International Film Festival, 2023 *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Transilvania Shorts, 2023 *JURY AWARD
Vision Film Festival, 2023 *PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD
World Of Film International Festival Glasgow, 2023 *JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Goa Short Film Festival, 2023
Rome Independent Film Festival, 2023
Festival Lumières d’Afrique, 2023
Split Film Festival, 2023
International Film Festival KineNova Skopjem, 2023 *JURY SPECIAL MENTION
St Andrews Film Festival, 2023
Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles CINEMAMED, 2023
Whistler Film Festival, 2023
MUFF – Mieres Film Festival, 2023 *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Luanda International Pan African Film Festival, 2023 *BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
Lublin Film Festival, 2023
Madagascourt Film Festival, 2023
Ouaga Côté Court, 2023 *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Clapham International Film Festival, 2023
Shorts Not Pants Festival, 2023
Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival, 2023 *BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
Winchester Film Festival, 2023
Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Di Salerno, 2023
PRVI Kadar International Film Festival, 2023
Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2023
International Independent Film Festival of Athens, 2023
Macau International Short Film Festival, 2023
Soho London Independent Film Festival, 2023
Laceno d’Oro International Film Festival, 2023
Aguilar Film Festival, 2023 *BEST SHORT FILM
Festival du Film Francophone Vaulx-en-Velin, 2024*SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Minimalen Short Film Festival, 2024 *BEST SHORT FILM
Alibag Short Film Festival, 2023
Festival dei Lumi, 2023*BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD *BEST DIRECTOR
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2024
Smita Patil International Short Film Festival, 2024 *BEST SHORT FILM
Shortlisted at the ACADÉMIE DES CÉSAR, 2024