Egypt

Long Documentary, Color, 2015, 78 min

Director:Kawthar Younis

Screenplay:Kawthar Younis

Photographer: Kawthar Younis

Synopsis:

Mokhtar Younis, a filmmaking professor, receives an unexpected gift on his 75th birthday from his daughter Kawthar, a filmmaker in her early twenties. With two plane tickets to Rome, they set out in search of his long lost love – Patrizia – the woman he promised to return to thirty-three years ago. Being filmed unknowingly throughout the trip, Mokhtar’s raw emotions are captured by his daughter’s hidden camera.

Kawthar Younis

Born 1993 in Cairo, she studied film directing at the Egyptian Film Institute. Her short A STORY OF EVERYDAY won the first prize in the Civic Engagement Competition of the American University in Cairo, 2011. Her graduation project A PRESENT FROM THE PAST was the first long documentary produced by the Egyptian Film Institute and the first student film to participate officially in the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), 2015.