SAFE EXIT

( 2026 )

Feature Narrative Competition |

Egypt

Libya

Tunisia

Qatar

Germany

Arabic |

112 min

Director

Mohammed Hammad

Mohammed Hammad is an Egyptian filmmaker who has made a number of short films such as “Central”, “Pale red” and “Ghattas Fanous”, he wrote, produced and directed his debut feature film “Withered Green” that was selected at Locarno Film Festival and earned the Golden Leopard nomination. also won best director at Dubai International Film Festival, best director first work at Cairo National Film Festival and best film in Maxico International Film Festival, His second feature ‘Safe Exit” was selected at Berlin International Film Festival and where it was nominated for the Audience Award, and screened at various festivals—such as the Shanghai International Film Festival and Festival Do Rio—and was shortlisted for the “Asia Pacific Screen Award” for Best Screenplay. Hammad was selected as a jury member in the Critics’ Week section at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Ismailia International Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Stockholm International Film Festival and Zawya Short Film Festival.

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Samaan, is a young Coptic Christian security guard in a residential building in downtown Cairo, he spends his nights writing stories and chasing his dream of publishing his first novel. Beneath his calm surface, Samaan suffers from a chronic PTSD after witnessing his father’s murder, during childhood, by a fanatic terrorist group killing Christians in Libya. One day, amid the noise and congestion of the city, Samaan crosses paths with Fatimah, a young Muslim woman. What begins as a simple encounter soon blossoms into an extraordinary friendship — one that slowly begins to break down the walls Samaan has built around his trauma.

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Samaan, is a young Coptic Christian security guard in a residential building in downtown Cairo, he spends his nights writing stories and chasing his dream of publishing his first novel. Beneath his calm surface, Samaan suffers from a chronic PTSD after witnessing his father's murder, during childhood, by a fanatic terrorist group killing Christians in Libya. One day, amid the noise and congestion of the city, Samaan crosses paths with Fatimah, a young Muslim woman. What begins as a simple encounter soon blossoms into an extraordinary friendship — one that slowly begins to break down the walls Samaan has built around his trauma.