Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights on Tarik Saleh’s Cairo Conspiracy, which formerly was known as Boy from Heaven. Sweden’s submission for the Best International Feature Oscar made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where Saleh won the Best Screenplay prize. Samuel Goldwyn is planning an early-2023 release.
The political thriller stars Tawfeek Barhom as Adam, the son of a fisherman who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in the Egyptian capital, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader dies suddenly, and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite. The film also stars Fares Fares as secret serviceman Colonel Ibrahim; this is a reteam for Fares and Saleh after 2017 Sundance hit The Nile Hilton Incident.
In his review,...
The political thriller stars Tawfeek Barhom as Adam, the son of a fisherman who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in the Egyptian capital, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader dies suddenly, and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite. The film also stars Fares Fares as secret serviceman Colonel Ibrahim; this is a reteam for Fares and Saleh after 2017 Sundance hit The Nile Hilton Incident.
In his review,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Half a dozen Sweden pics and co-prods are set to storm the Croisette, flagships of the solid public support system in place, and fully or partly shot in a foreign language. Headlining the slate are the completion entries “Triangle of Sadness” by former winner Ruben Östlund (“The Square”), shot in the English language, and the Arabic-speaking thriller “Boy From Heaven” by Tarik Saleh (“The Nile Hilton Incident”), set in Cairo. Meanwhile, the Iranian/Danish Ali Abbasi (“Border”) is debuting in the main competition with the Farsi-language “Holy Spider,” majority-Danish produced with Sweden among co-production partners.
Elsewhere, the parallel section Acid is showcasing the Swedish doc “How to Save a Dead Friend” by Russia’s Marusya Syroechkovskaya, and three Swedish co-prods are bowing at Un Certain Regard: “Godland” by Iceland’s Hlynur Pálmason, “Sick of Myself” by Norway’s Kristoffer Borgli and “Butterfly Vision” by Ukrainian Maksym Nakonechnyi.
“Swedish filmmakers are...
Elsewhere, the parallel section Acid is showcasing the Swedish doc “How to Save a Dead Friend” by Russia’s Marusya Syroechkovskaya, and three Swedish co-prods are bowing at Un Certain Regard: “Godland” by Iceland’s Hlynur Pálmason, “Sick of Myself” by Norway’s Kristoffer Borgli and “Butterfly Vision” by Ukrainian Maksym Nakonechnyi.
“Swedish filmmakers are...
- 5/22/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The national film agency will invest 63.616 million Swedish crowns in 18 new audiovisual productions. The Swedish Film Institute, the country’s film agency, recently announced the recipients of its latest round of funding. On this occasion, the body will back the making of 18 new audiovisual productions through an overall investment of 63,616,500 Swedish crowns. The big winner of this slate of funding is Tarik Saleh’s political thriller Boy from Heaven. This is the director’s second project exploring the modern Arab world after The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) and is being produced by Kristina Åberg for Atmo Sweden, in co-production with Memento Film, Bufo, Final Cut for Real, Arte France and Film i Väst, with co-financing provided by Canal+ France and Business Finland. The other features backed by the organisation are Gorki Glaser Müller’s documentary Children of the Enemy (1.9 million...
The pledge was signed at Sweden’s Carl International Film Festival.
Five Nordic film festivals – Cph:dox – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark), Oslo Pix (Norway), Tampere Film Festival (Finland) and Northern Wave Film Festival (Iceland) – have signed the 5050 by 2020 Gender Parity Pledge at the Carl International Film Festival and Carl Film Forum in Karlskrona, Sweden today (Monday August 26).
The signing was initiated by Women in Film and Television Nordic. By signing, the festivals commit to increase gender equality in programming as well as within their organisations by 2020. The pledge has previously been signed by festivals including Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin.
Five Nordic film festivals – Cph:dox – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Denmark), Oslo Pix (Norway), Tampere Film Festival (Finland) and Northern Wave Film Festival (Iceland) – have signed the 5050 by 2020 Gender Parity Pledge at the Carl International Film Festival and Carl Film Forum in Karlskrona, Sweden today (Monday August 26).
The signing was initiated by Women in Film and Television Nordic. By signing, the festivals commit to increase gender equality in programming as well as within their organisations by 2020. The pledge has previously been signed by festivals including Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin.
- 8/26/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Sami Blood, Borg McEnroe also scoop prizes.
At an awards ceremony held in Swedish capital Stockholm last night (Jan 22), The Nile Hilton Incident was the surprise big winner of the 2018 edition of the Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s primary film awards ceremony.
Source: Strand Releasing / Curzon
The Nile Hilton Incident / The Square
Kristina Åberg’s crime drama, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, triumphed over Ruben Ostlund’s The Square, the 2017 Palme d’Or winner at Cannes.
Ostlund did take home best director from the ceremony, and his film also picked up the best cinematography prize for Fredrik Wenzel.
The Nile Hilton Incident won five prizes overall, scooping best actor for Fares Fares, best costume design for Louize Nissen, best sound design for Fredrik Jonsäter, and best set design for Roger Rosenberg.
Among the other big winners on the night was Amanda Kernell’s 2016 Venice premiere Sami Blood, which took best actress...
At an awards ceremony held in Swedish capital Stockholm last night (Jan 22), The Nile Hilton Incident was the surprise big winner of the 2018 edition of the Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s primary film awards ceremony.
Source: Strand Releasing / Curzon
The Nile Hilton Incident / The Square
Kristina Åberg’s crime drama, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, triumphed over Ruben Ostlund’s The Square, the 2017 Palme d’Or winner at Cannes.
Ostlund did take home best director from the ceremony, and his film also picked up the best cinematography prize for Fredrik Wenzel.
The Nile Hilton Incident won five prizes overall, scooping best actor for Fares Fares, best costume design for Louize Nissen, best sound design for Fredrik Jonsäter, and best set design for Roger Rosenberg.
Among the other big winners on the night was Amanda Kernell’s 2016 Venice premiere Sami Blood, which took best actress...
- 1/23/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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