''I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face'' ( ar, ستاشر) is a short drama film, directed by

Sameh Alaa Sameh Alaa is an Egyptian film director. Born in Cairo, he studied at Cairo University, when he then moved to Europe. In 2020, he became the first Egyptian director to have a film screened in the Short Film Competition section at the Cannes F ...

and released in 2020. A coproduction of companies from Egypt, France, Qatar and Belgium, the film stars Seif Hemeda as Adam, a young man who has been separated from his girlfriend for 82 days after being kept apart by their families, and is willing to go to almost any lengths necessary to reunite with her. The film features a few lines of Arabic language dialogue, but is told almost entirely without speech. The film premiered at the

Uppsala International Short Film Festival Uppsala International Short Film Festival is an annual festival hosted in Uppsala, Sweden since 1982. As of 2002 the winner of the award "Uppsala Grand Prix" and the winner of the Uppsala Film Jackdaw for Best Children's Film are eligible for an ...

in September 2020, and was screened at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was selected for the short film competition at the

2020 Cannes Film Festival The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020. On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the Jury. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 ...

; despite the overall cancellation of the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the short film competition proceeded as an outdoor screening series on the

Croisette The Promenade de la Croisette (), or Boulevard de la Croisette, is a prominent road in Cannes, France. It stretches along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and is about 2 km long. The Croisette is known for the Palais des Festivals et des ...

in October. At the conclusion of the series, it was named the winner of the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

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* 2020 films 2020 short films Egyptian short films French short films Qatari short films Belgian short films Short Film Palme d'Or winners 2020s Egyptian films 2020s Belgian films {{Egypt-film-stub