''Amira'' () is a 2021

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

drama film directed by

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

filmmaker

Mohamed Diab Mohamed Diab ('' ar, محمد دياب'', , born 1978) is an Egyptian screenwriter and director whose work often centers on pressing issues concerning Egyptian society. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Cairo 678'' ''(Les Femmes du bu ...

. The film is produced by

Mohamed Hefzy Mohamed Hefzy (born 13 March 1975), is an Egyptian film producer and screenwriter. One of the leading film producers in Middle East and Africa, Screen International named him as the only Arab among 30 future leaders in film production in 2013. In ...

for Film Clinic, Mona Abdelwahab for Agora Audiovisuals, Moez Masoud for Acamedia Pictures in co-production with Youssef El Taher for Taher Media Production and Rula Nasser for The Imaginarium Films. The film stars Tara Abboud in the titular role, whereas

Saba Mubarak Saba Ahmed Soliman Mubarak El Siouf ( ar, صبا أحمد سليمان مبارك السيوف; born April 10, 1976 in Anjara, Jordan) is a Jordanian actress and producer. She graduated from Yarmouk University in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in T ...

, and

Ali Suliman Ali Suliman ( ar, علي سليمان, he, עלי סלימאן; born 1977) is a Palestinian actor. He is known for his work on the series '' Jack Ryan'' and the film ''Paradise Now''. Life and career Ali was born in Nazareth, israel. He gradua ...

made supportive roles. The film revolves around Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, who is told that she was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. This is the first film by an Egyptian director set in Palestine. The film had its world premiere at

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on September 3, 2021, and competed within the Orizzonti competition. At the festival, the film won two awards: the Lanterna Magica Award and the Interfilm Award. In August, the film was selected to compete at the Feature Narrative Competition in the fifth edition of Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), which marked its first Arab world premiere. It was selected as the Jordanian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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, but it was withdrawn by the Royal Film Commission due to controversy surrounding the film's subject matter. The film, which centers on a Palestinian girl who learns her real father was an Israeli prison guard rather than a Palestinian prisoner, was criticised by prisoners' rights organisations and withdrawn "out of respect to the feelings of the prisoners and their families."

Cast

* Tara Abboud as Amira *

as Warda *

as Nawar * Suhaib Nashwan as Ziad *

Ziad Bakri Ziad Bakri is an Israeli-born Palestinian actor and filmmaker. He is the son of Mohammad Bakri, brother of Saleh Bakri and Adam Bakri Adam Bakri ( ar, آدم بكري; born May 15, 1988) is an Israeli-born Palestinian actor. He made his f ...

as Basel *

Waleed Zuaiter Waleed F. Zuaiter (; born January 16, 1971) is an Arab-American actor and producer who has performed in on-stage productions in Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, California; and New York City, as well as several film and television productions. He live ...

as Said * Sameera Asir as Reema *

Saleh Bakri Saleh Bakri ( ar, صالح بكري, he, סאלח בכרי; born 1977) is an Israeli-born Palestinian film and theater actor. He began his career in the theater. He is the son of actor and film director Mohammad Bakri, brother of actors Ziad an ...

as Etai * Reem Talhami as Grandmother * Is'haq Elias as Suleiman *

Kais Nashef Kais Nashef ( ar, قيس ناشف, he, קאיס נאשף; born ) is a Palestinian (Arab-Israeli) actor of both Palestinian and German descent. Born in Tayibe, Israel, to an Arab-Muslim father, and to a German- Christian mother. Nashef studie ...

as Hani * Mohammad Ghassan as Yaser * Assaf al Rousan as Doctor #3 * Nadeem Rimawi as Soldier

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* {{Mohamed Diab Jordanian drama films Egyptian drama films 2021 films 2021 drama films

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