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Arab Short Film Programme 3: Intimate Journeys
A journey that takes us through life and death, war and peace, desperation and hope, in which each character must deal with a personal loss, like passing through a tunnel between two phases of being. These films capture the brief pause in time between mourning what was and awaiting what is to come.<br /> <br /> Rated:G Suitable for all audiences.
Selim, a diver bewitched by the ocean, lays dying in a hospital bed. Mokhtar, a schizophrenic painter, contemplates the colour of death. Dalia, a nurse, remembers her father's drowning. Set in Alexandria, ‘Blue Dive’ is the story of a brief encounter encompassing death and the beauty and danger of the sea.
Selim, a diver bewitched by the ocean, lays dying in a hospital bed. Mokhtar, a schizophrenic painter, contemplates the colour of death. Dalia, a nurse, remembers her father's drowning. Set in Alexandria, ‘Blue Dive’ is the story of a brief encounter encompassing death and the beauty and danger of the sea.

Credits

Director
Mostafa Youssef
Screenwriter
Mostafa Youssef
Cinematographer
Mohamed Abdel Raouf
Editor
Doaa Fadel
Production Designer
Art Director : Ayman Elhamy
Music
Huda Asfour
Cast
Sayed Ragab, Donia Massoud, Atef Youssef

About the Director

Mostafa Youssef
Egyptian director Moustafa Youssef’s student films ‘Shawarby St’ (2005) and ‘Call of Madness’ (2006) were shown at local festivals. The latter won several awards and screened at the Tisch School’s NextReel in Singapore. Youssef’s company Seen Films makes issues-based documentaries for Egyptian television.
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