Award-Winning Film 'Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim' Screens at Cinemana in Palestine

Director Sherif El Bendary's feature film Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim is screening today, February 14^th at the Cinemana organization in Nazareth, Palestine at 06:00 pm. The film will have another screening on Friday, February 16^th at 04:00 pm.

 

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim had its theatrical run in the beginning of 2017, as it was first released in Egypt and then in France in June, followed by its release in Kuwait in September, 2017. Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim was the first Arab film to be screened within the DIFF 365@VOX initiative. The film is set to be released in more theaters soon.

 

The film's world premiere was held at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), where it competed within the Muhr Feature competition and Ali Sobhi won the Best Actor Award for his role in the film. Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim landed its first screening outside the Arab world at the Mons International Love Film Festival in Belgium, and took part in the 19^th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris. The film won three awards during its participation in the Final Cut Workshop at the Venice International Film Festival.

 

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim received a number of prestigious awards including three awards at the 44^th Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival; the Samy Al Salamouny Award for Renewal and Creation to director Sherif El Bendary, Best Actress in a Supporting Role award to Salwa Mohamed Ali, and a Certificate of Appreciation in Cinematography to Amr Farouk. The film also won the Best Feature Film award at the 7^th Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) in Sweden.

 

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim follows a strange love story of a young man living in a rough neighborhood. He travels across Egypt on the recommendation of a psychic along with Ibrahim who is almost driven mad by the voices he hears in his head. Their journey turns into a voyage of friendship and self-discovery.

 

The film stars Ali Sobhi, Ahmed Magdy, Salwa Mohamed Ali and Nahed El Sebai. Directed by Sherif El Bendary, marking his feature debut, Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim is written by Ahmed Amer, based on Ibrahim El Batout's story, and produced by Mohamed Hefzy's Film Clinic, Transit Films of Hossam Elouan, and the French film production company Arizona Productions led by Guillaume de Seille, along with Daniel Ziskind as Associate Producer. The film's distribution in the Arab world is jointly handled by MAD Solutions and Film Clinic-Indie Distribution (FCID), while its worldwide distribution is handled by the French sales agent Loco Films.