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On a dark Cairo night, all Nadia wants is a place to sleep—but the city has other plans.
Nadia is walking through Cairo on a dark night, just looking for a place to sleep. But the city is full of surprises and magical things. What should’ve been a quiet night turns into something else entirely.

Credits

Director
Sameh Alaa
Screenwriter
Sameh Alaa
Producer
Sameh Alaa , Ehab Rehan, Mark Lotfy
Production Company
15.16, Fig Leaf

About the Director

Sameh Alaa
Sameh Alaa is an Egyptian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He’s known for the short films ‘Fifteen’ (2017) and ‘I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face’ (2020), the latter of which won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first Egyptian short film to achieve this honour. Alaa has also served as a jury member at festivals like Cannes and Cairo, and his films h
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