Abo Zaabal 89

Bassam Mortada

screenings

  • Thu 19.06.2025 16:30

  • Sat 21.06.2025 16:30

  • Fri 20.06.2025 21:30

Part of Cairo Cinema Days 8th Edition

In search of understanding and healing, filmmaker and activist Bassam Mortada explores his father’s arrest, imprisonment and torture in Abo Zaabal 89, re-constructing and reconsidering the experience that traumatised and divided his family.

Year

2024

Duration

83 MIN

Language

Arabic

Screening format

DCP

Subtitles

Subtitled to English

Writers

Countries

Egypt, Germany

Genre

Documentary

Cast

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