In search of understanding and healing, filmmaker and activist Bassam Mortada explores his father’s arrest, imprisonment and torture in Abo Zaabal 89, re-constructing and reconsidering the experience that traumatised and divided his family.
Support
CHF 10'000 for postproduction documentary
Festivals and Awards
Cairo International Film Festival CIFF - 2024
Best Feature Documentary Award, The Africa No Filter Special Jury Award and International Critics’ Week Special Mention at CIFF
IDFA, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam - 2024
World Sales
Distribution Switzerland
available for distribution at visions sud est
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