Feathers

Omar El Zohairy
France, Egypt, The Netherlands, Greece
2021
112'

- Friday, 19 November 2021
- 10:30
- Cinema Tuškanac
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- Friday, 19 November 2021
- 18:30
- Cinema SC
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An absurdist, black-humour story about a woman, a hen and subverting the Egyptian patriarchy. It is Mando’s sixth birthday party and it includes a magic act. One seemingly harmless trick gets out of hand when his father turns into a hen and the magician cannot bring him back. The inconspicuous and submissive mother is forced to take the reins and try to reverse the unfortunate spell. As she tries to learn everything there is to know about poultry, she realizes the new situation may not be so bad. The film won the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes International Critics’ Week.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Omar El Zohairy

Studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. His short film The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometre 375 (2014) was the first Egyptian film to be selected for the Cannes Cinéfondation Competition. Feathers is his feature debut. It premiered at Cannes International Critic’s Week, winning Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize.

Feathers

Director: Omar El Zohairy

Screenplay: Ahmed Amer, Omar El Zohairy

Cast: Demyana Nassar, Samy Bassouny, Fady Mina Fawzy, Abo Sefen Nabil Wesa, Mohamed Abd El Hady

DOP: Kamal Samy

Editing: Hisham Saqr

Producer: Juliette Lepoutre, Mohamed Hefzy, Shahinaz Al Akkad, Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen, Giorgos Karnavas Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Verona Meier

Production: Still Moving, Film Clinic, Lagoonie Film Production, Kepler Film, Heretic

Festivals & Awards: Cannes Film Festival – Critics' Week 2021 – Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Prize; Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival 2021; Filmfest Hamburg 2021; Busan Int'l Film Festival 2021; São Paulo Int'l Film Festival 2021