Egypt, Lebanon, Germany
Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day?

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FILM INFO

Pop clichés are twisted with the love between two men who encounter a polyamorous chorus of lovers.

Original title
Bashtaalak sa'at
Country
Egypt, Lebanon, Germany
Year
2022
Duration
66’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR:

Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Mohammad Shawky Hassan lives and works in Berlin. Spending most of his life in Cairo, Egypt, he studied philosophy, filmmaking, video production, and media studies at the American University, the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences in Cairo, and Columbia University in New York. His work has been screened and exhibited in galleries, cinemas, theatres, museums, contemporary art spaces, film festivals, and educational institutions.

DIRECTOR:

Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Mohammad Shawky Hassan lives and works in Berlin. Spending most of his life in Cairo, Egypt, he studied philosophy, filmmaking, video production, and media studies at the American University, the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences in Cairo, and Columbia University in New York. His work has been screened and exhibited in galleries, cinemas, theatres, museums, contemporary art spaces, film festivals, and educational institutions.

DIRECTOR:

Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Mohammad Shawky Hassan lives and works in Berlin. Spending most of his life in Cairo, Egypt, he studied philosophy, filmmaking, video production, and media studies at the American University, the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences in Cairo, and Columbia University in New York. His work has been screened and exhibited in galleries, cinemas, theatres, museums, contemporary art spaces, film festivals, and educational institutions.

DIRECTOR:

Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Mohammad Shawky Hassan lives and works in Berlin. Spending most of his life in Cairo, Egypt, he studied philosophy, filmmaking, video production, and media studies at the American University, the Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences in Cairo, and Columbia University in New York. His work has been screened and exhibited in galleries, cinemas, theatres, museums, contemporary art spaces, film festivals, and educational institutions.

team

Director
Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Screenwriter
Music
Camera
Carlos Vasquez
Editing
Carine Doumit
Production Design
Veronica Wüst
Score
Amen Feizabadi, Kinda Hassan
Producer
Mohammad Shawky Hassan, Maximilian Haslberger, Hesham Marold
Cast
Donia Massoud, Ahmed El Gendy, Nadim Bahsoun
Production
Aflam Wardeshan, Amerikafilm
World Sales Company
Amerika Film

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