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Blackout

Blackout

Original Title: Qafla/ قفلة

  • Film
  • 2025
  • 15m
  • Released

The events take place at dawn on the eve of Eid inside a residential building, where a family lives whose grandfather is facing an emergency health crisis. Then the male children leave in a race against time in search of a doctor to save him, leaving the women and their children in a state of anticipation and anxiety. Then they are surprised by the entry of a rented girl into the building accompanied by a strange you…

  • Directing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Writing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Starring جيهان الشماشرجيصدقي صخرMalik Emad
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The events take place at dawn on the eve of Eid inside a residential building, where a family lives whose grandfather is facing an emergency health crisis. Then the male children leave in a race against time in search of a doctor to save him, leaving the women and their children in a state of anticipation and anxiety. Then they are surprised by the entry of a rented girl into the building accompanied by a strange young man. They begin to project their pent-up fears and tensions onto the girl and the young man.

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

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جيهان الشماشرجي
صدقي صخر
Malik Emad
Shaimaa Farouk
Youssef Drees
  • Directing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Writing Ahmed El Zoghby
  • Cinematography Ibrahim Elnaggary
  • Editing Sara Abdallah
  • Production هند متولي
  • Production Design Shaimaa Magdy
  • Costume Design ريم العدل
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