AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY
by Morad Mostafa
EGYPT / TUNISIA / SAUDI ARABIA / QATAR / SUDAN / GERMANY / FRANCE
123 min
Language: Arabic
Aisha, a 26 years old Somali caregiver lives in Cairo where she witnesses the underworld of African migrants’ society and the tension between the different groups. Pressure, routine, dreary work and an undefined relationship make her dreams cross to her reality leading her into an impasse.
PRODUCTION
BONANZA FILMS (Egypt) in co-production with SHIFT STUDIOS (Egypt), MAD SOLUTIONS (Egypt), A.A FILMS (Egypt), NOMADIS IMAGES (Tunisia), CINEWAVES FILMS Saudi Arabia, STATION FILMS (Sudan), COORIGINES PRODUCTION (France) and MAYANA FILMS (Germany)
Produced by Sawsan Yusuf, Ahmed Amer, Dora Bouchoucha, Amjad Abu Alala, Laura Nikolov, Zorana Musikic & May Odeh
with the support of La Biennale di Venezia Final Cut Award, World Cinema Fund, El Gouna Co-Production Award, Amman IFF Co-Production Award, Red Sea Film Fund Production Support, Al Mawred Al Thaqafy Production Fund, Doha Film Institute Production Fund, Rotterdam Lab, Cinemed, Red Sea Lodge, Ouaga Film Lab, La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde, Cinéfondation
WORLD SALES
MAD WORLD / Alaa Karkouti
CAST Buliana Simon, Mamdouh Saleh, Maya Mohamed, Ziad Zaza, Emad Ghoniem, Mohamed Abd Elhady
SCREENPLAY Morad Mostafa, Sawsan Yusuf, Mohamed Abdelqader
CINEMATOGRAPHY Mostafa El Kashef
EDITING Mohamed Mamdouh
PRODUCTION DESIGN Emam Elalby
COSTUMES Nayira Al-Dashoury
FESTIVALS
Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard 2025