Film screening
Friday, 3 July, at 19:00
Cinema City — Screen 1

Safe Exit

  • Egypt
  • 2025
  • 113'
  • Another Perspective
It is a psychological thriller about Samaan, a young guard. He belongs to the generation of young people, whose parents fell victim to the religion-fuelled violence in the Arab world. They were children, when their parent were killed. Now in their twenties, they still suffer from the inherited trauma.
Credits
  • Directed by: Mohammed Hammad
  • Screenplay: Mohammed Hammad
  • Photography: Mohammed El Sharqawy
  • Production Design: Mohammed Hammad, Nora Fawzy
  • Costume Design: Mohammed Hammad
  • Makeup: Hussin Ahmed
  • Editing: Dina Farouk
  • Sound Engineering: Muhamed Eltaweal
  • Cast: Marwan Waleed, Noha Foad, Hazem Essam
Mohammed Hammad

A film director and screenwriter from Egypt. His film career began in 2006, with making the short film ‘Call Centre.’ He continued with making short films and documentaries, for example ‘Pale Red’ and ‘Ghattas Abdu Fanous.’ His full-length début ‘Withered Green’ was screened at many film festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival. It won the Muhr Arab Award for the best director at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), and an award for the best directing début at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). He was also member of the jury for the Critics’ Week section at the Cairo IFF, and at the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts.