MY FATHER'S SCENT KOLONYA MOHAMED SIAM

  • EGYPT | SWEDEN | QATAR | FRANCE | NORWAY | SAUDI ARABIA |

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  • ARABIC

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  • 2025

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  • 90 mins

A father-son story, in which each discovers many secrets about the other while they both try to settle their scores during one long night

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Mohamed Siam, Mohamed Hefzy

Screenplay :

Mohamed Siam, Ahmed Amer

Director of Photography :

Omar Abou Douma

Editor :

Ahmed Hafez

Music :

Layal Watfeh

Sound :

Sameh Gamal, Jocelyn Robert

Cast :

Ahmed Malek, Kamel El Basha, Donia Maher

Awards - Winner :

Cinemamed Brussels (Grand Jury Prize), Cineuropa Prize), Red Sea IFF (AlUla Audience Award for Best Non-Saudi Film)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Warsaw IFF (World Premiere), El Gouna FF (Feature Narrative)

Mohamed Siam’s debut, WHOSE COUNTRY? (2016), premiered at NYFF and was distributed by Kino Lorber. His feature AMAL (2017) opened IDFA, won the Sheffield Jury Prize, and screened at over 100 festivals. Along with being an Alumnus of Sundance, IDFA Academy, La Femis, La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes, Berlinale, Durban, and Beirut Talent, and a recipient of the Robert Bosch Film Prize and the Thessaloniki award. Siam is a jury member in Karlovy Vary, Göteborg ff and many more, as well as a fellow scholar and filmmaker resident at the American University in Paris.