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MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER

( 2025 )
Short Film Competition |
 
Egypt
,
France
,
Germany
 |
 Arabic |
 15 min

About the film

The complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories - from the instant they were fused together in their mother's womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them.

Director

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar

Saad Dnewar was a filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. He was a multidisciplinary artist working across different mediums varying from animation to live action. He received his first international recognition with his short film in development My Brother, My Brother (2024), but sadly, he passed away at 29.Abdelrahman Dnewar is a filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. His short My Brother, My Brother, was selected and awarded in several international film festivals, such as Interfilm Short Film Festival and Nisi Masa European Short Pitch, and won the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for Co-Production in Berlinale Talents.

Producer

Abdallah Dnewar, Hesham Marold, Lucas Tothe, Jessica Arfuso

Production Company

Punchline Cinéma, Milkman Films, Dnewar Films

Screenplay

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar

Cinematography

Karim Marold

Editing

Yasser Azmy

Sound

Roman Strack

Cast

Omar Aly Osman, Abdelrahman Dnewar, Hind Usf, Khaled Elessawy

Contacts

International Sales: Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr

Producer

Abdallah Dnewar, Hesham Marold, Lucas Tothe, Jessica Arfuso

Production Company

Punchline Cinéma, Milkman Films, Dnewar Films

Screenplay

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar

Cinematography

Karim Marold

Editing

Yasser Azmy

Sound

Roman Strack

Cast

Omar Aly Osman, Abdelrahman Dnewar, Hind Usf, Khaled Elessawy

Contacts

International Sales: Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr

More About Film

My Brother, My Brother is an autofiction animation film that explores the complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them. Tied together by the twins’ confusion about their existence, a fragmented world of memories and dreams emerges, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, present and past, Omar and Wesam.

Producer

Abdallah Dnewar, Hesham Marold, Lucas Tothe, Jessica Arfuso

Production Company

Punchline Cinéma, Milkman Films, Dnewar Films

Screenplay

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar

Cinematography

Karim Marold

Editing

Yasser Azmy

Sound

Roman Strack

Cast

Omar Aly Osman, Abdelrahman Dnewar, Hind Usf, Khaled Elessawy

Contact

International Sales: Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr

More About Film

My Brother, My Brother is an autofiction animation film that explores the complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them. Tied together by the twins’ confusion about their existence, a fragmented world of memories and dreams emerges, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, present and past, Omar and Wesam.