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Feathers

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Family · Social Criticism · Suspense/Mystery · Women

  • CountryFrance/Egypt/Netherlands/Greece
  • Production Year2021
  • Running Time115min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Omar El Zohairy established his unique approach to cinema in his first short film, which was inspired by silent films. His debut feature, Feathers, represents a kind of culmination of this strategy. The film presents the portrait of a woman whose dull life of labor is suddenly and dramatically changed one day, when her talkative husband turns into a chicken in a magic box during her son′s birthday party. Her once flat routine becomes an adventure. But in a conservative and discriminatory framework, there is nothing the wife can do independently. The more she tries to save her life, the more the system binds her. The mother of three, who seems to be nearing salvation, finally realizes that she is the one who will lead the salvation. Feathers proves El Zohairy as the standing torchlight of Egyptian cinema today. (LEE Yong Cheol)
Director
Director
Omar EL ZOHAIRY
Omar El Zohairy studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo and worked as an assistant director on feature films of Egypt′s most prominent filmmakers, including Yousri Nasrallah. His first short film, Breathe Out (2011), premiered at the Dubai Film Festival and won the Muhr Special Jury Prize for Short Films. His second short film, The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375 (2014), was the first Egyptian film to be selected for the Cinéfondation competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2014, winning several awards around the world. Zohairy′s first feature, Feathers, won both the Grand Prize at Critics′ Week and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2021.
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  • Director
    Omar EL ZOHAIRY
  • ProducerJuliette LEPOUTRE
    Mohamed HEFZY
    Shahinaz AL AKKAD
    Derk-Jan WARRINK
    Koji NELISSEN
    Giorgos KARNAVAS
    Konstantinos KONTOVRAKIS
    Verona MEIER
    Pierre MENAHEM
  • CastDemyana NASSAR
    Samy BASSIOUNY
    Fady Mina FAWZY
    Abo Sefen Nabil WESA
  • World SalesHeretic
    christina@heretic.gr
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