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Interview with filmmaker Morad Mostafa for Aisha Can't Fly Away - presented at 2025 Marrakech International Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Camera: Kerry Guiragossian.
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Timestamps:
0:12 - I love how your protagonist's vantage points sort of mirror this idea of prison-like spaces
1:12 - Do you sort of hope that the person who you saw on a bus in real life (or people like here) have the opportunity to see this film?
1:54 - You use a Dardenne Bros. like frame - how did this come to you?
3:26 - I like how we discover different aspects of solidarity - how did you create nuances in these relationships?
5:14 - What was the feedback from all these institutions specifically with how you embedded the film with magical realism?
6:56 - You have a new project called Animals - how did your debut feature inform us with this new film...
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CREDITS:
Producers: Sawsan Yusuf, Dora Bouchoucha, Lina Shaban, Sherif Fathy, Ahmed Amer, Faisal Baltayour, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, May Odeh, Zorana Musikic, Laura Nikolov.
Director: Morad Mostafa.
Screenplay: Morad Mostafa.
Camera: Mostafa El Kashef.
Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh.
Music: Amin Bouhafa.
Cast: Buliana Simon, Ziad Zaza, Emad Ghoniem, Mamdouh Saleh.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with filmmaker Morad Mostafa for Aisha Can't Fly Away - presented at 2025 Marrakech International Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com. Camera: Kerry Guiragossian.
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Let us know what you think of Morad Mostafa's Aisha Can't Fly Away - leave your comments below!
Timestamps:
0:12 - I love how your protagonist's vantage points sort of mirror this idea of prison-like spaces
1:12 - Do you sort of hope that the person who you saw on a bus in real life (or people like here) have the opportunity to see this film?
1:54 - You use a Dardenne Bros. like frame - how did this come to you?
3:26 - I like how we discover different aspects of solidarity - how did you create nuances in these relationships?
5:14 - What was the feedback from all these institutions specifically with how you embedded the film with magical realism?
6:56 - You have a new project called Animals - how did your debut feature inform us with this new film...
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS:
Producers: Sawsan Yusuf, Dora Bouchoucha, Lina Shaban, Sherif Fathy, Ahmed Amer, Faisal Baltayour, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, May Odeh, Zorana Musikic, Laura Nikolov.
Director: Morad Mostafa.
Screenplay: Morad Mostafa.
Camera: Mostafa El Kashef.
Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh.
Music: Amin Bouhafa.
Cast: Buliana Simon, Ziad Zaza, Emad Ghoniem, Mamdouh Saleh.
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
