World Cinema
Flight 404 / Flight 404
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 8.30 pm
- Kairali
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 6.00 pm
- new 2
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 6.15 pm
- audi 6
Director's bio
Hani Khalifa
Hani Khalifa, born on March 6, 1970, in Sohaj, Egypt, is an acclaimed Egyptian film director and screenwriter. He began his career as an assistant director on films such as "Joy Thief" and "Nut Shells." Khalifa made his directorial debut with "Sahar Al Layali" (Sleepless Nights) in 2003, which received critical acclaim at various film festivals, including the Cairo International Film Festival.
Synopsis
Days before she travels to Mecca for HAJJ , Ghada is faced with an emergency and is needed to come up with a large sum of money. She is forced to return to people from a tainted past with which she had severed ties. Will things go smoothly, will she be able to solve her problem and make it to HAJJ? Or will returning to the past contaminate her again?
Details of Cast
Mona Zaki, Mohamed Farrag, Mohamed Mamdouh, Shereen Reda, Khaled El-Sawi, Mohamed Alaa
Details of Crew
DoP Fawzi Darwish, Editor Mohamed Eid Music Suad Bushanq Sound Design Elmy Abdul Sattar
Producer Details
Mohamed Hefzy, Shaniaz El Akkad
Writer Details
Mohamed Ragaa
Stills
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Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
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- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
