WALAD MIN AL JANNA / CAIRO CONSPIRACY

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt's religious and political elite.

TALIK SALEH

Director and scriptwriter Tarik Saleh (1972) started as one of the top graffiti artists in Stockholm in the 80’s. His film debut came with Metropia (2009). The film premiered at Venice Film Festival as opening film for the Critics’ Week. After Tommy (2014), he directed and wrote the screenplay for The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) that won The Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and was a box office hit in France He also directed the Hollywood film The Contractor (2022). Tarik Saleh’s latest film Cairo Conspiracy (2022) premiered at Cannes main competition and was awarded with Best script.

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Egypt’s religious and secular institutions both breed mistrust in Tarik Saleh’s superbly realised paranoid nightmare.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian