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Dream Away

( 2018 )
Feature Documentary Competition |
 
Germany
,
Egypt
 |
 Arabic, English |
 85 min

About the film

It hasn’t been long since rich tourists from around the world stayed in the luxury hotels of Sharm El Sheikh. But the Arab Spring and the confusion of the post-revolutionary period quickly robbed the city of its charm as a go-to summer resort. Saturated with elements of surreal fiction, this documentary takes us to a shimmering city of ghosts to visit its last inhabitants - the employees who feverishly dream among the abandoned hotel suites.

Director

Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke

Marouan Omara is a filmmaker, working with film, video and photography, born in 1987 in Cairo, Egypt. He got his diploma in film-making at the Art & Technology of Cinema Academy and his BA in Applied Arts from Helwan University, Egypt. His works have a dreamlike notion, overlapping fiction and reality by it’s direct responds to the surrounding and the closeness to everyday experiences. He currently works as an adjunct professor for film production at the American University in Cairo.

Producer

Mark Lotfy, Roman Roitman

Production Company

Monokel , Fig leaf studio , Fruit Market Kultur and Mediem GmbH

Screenplay

Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke

Cinematography

Jakob Beurle

Editing

Gesa Jäger, Louly Seif

Sound

Eric Gerish

Cast

Contacts

Producer

Mark Lotfy, Roman Roitman

Production Company

Monokel , Fig leaf studio , Fruit Market Kultur and Mediem GmbH

Screenplay

Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke

Cinematography

Jakob Beurle

Editing

Gesa Jäger, Louly Seif

Sound

Eric Gerish

Cast

Contacts

More About Film

DREAM AWAY follows a group of young Egyptians, working in the terror-attack-shaken tourist hub Sharm El Sheikh. They are forced to redefine their future and their identity, lingering between the liberal western-life style and their traditional upbringing.

Producer

Mark Lotfy, Roman Roitman

Production Company

Monokel , Fig leaf studio , Fruit Market Kultur and Mediem GmbH

Screenplay

Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke

Cinematography

Jakob Beurle

Editing

Gesa Jäger, Louly Seif

Sound

Eric Gerish

More About Film

DREAM AWAY follows a group of young Egyptians, working in the terror-attack-shaken tourist hub Sharm El Sheikh. They are forced to redefine their future and their identity, lingering between the liberal western-life style and their traditional upbringing.