Yomeddine

An adventure-filled comedic road movie that tells the story of a remarkable friendship of two outcasts who discover the harshness of the world outside their leper colony when they embark to find their biological family. Egypt's Official Oscar Submission for the 2019 Academy Awards.

ORCAS ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL VANGUARD AWARD WINNER. 

The Vanguard Award was created to honor a creative work that exhibits mastery and excellence with a story that illuminates the power of the human spirit. The inaugural Vanguard Award is being presented to the film Yomeddine, which had its recent world premiere as the first ever Egyptian film by a first time director in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and is the official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film from Egypt for the 2019 Academy Awards. Producer Dina Emam, from Cairo, Egypt will attend the festival and accept the award along with a $5,000 cash prize generously underwritten by Orcasong Farm.

Year: 2018
Country: Egypt
Director: AB Shawky
Cast: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Shoq Emara, Hany El-Tabei
Genre: Adventure
Run time: 96 minutes
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