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Blackout

Blackout

Original Title: Qafla

  • Film
  • 2025
  • 15m
  • Released

It’s Eid in an apartment building that is owned and occupied by three generations of a very conservative family. When the elderly grandfather gets sick, his daughters believe that his illness is caused by bad luck brought on by a young woman who rents an apartment in the building. When the young woman comes home in the middle of the night, bringing a man up to her apartment, the family decides to punish her for her “…

  • Directing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Cinematography Ibrahim Elnaggary
  • Starring جيهان الشماشرجيصدقي صخرMalik Emad
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It’s Eid in an apartment building that is owned and occupied by three generations of a very conservative family. When the elderly grandfather gets sick, his daughters believe that his illness is caused by bad luck brought on by a young woman who rents an apartment in the building. When the young woman comes home in the middle of the night, bringing a man up to her apartment, the family decides to punish her for her “impure” and “scandalous” ways.

الإعلان الرسمي للفيلم القصير قفلة | "Qafla / Blackout" – Official Short Film Trailer

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جيهان الشماشرجي
صدقي صخر
Malik Emad
  • Directing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Cinematography Ibrahim Elnaggary
  • Editing Sara Abdallah
  • Production هند متولي
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