Year of Production
2024
Country of Production
Egypt, Germany
Running Time
83 min
Language
In Arabic with English subtitles
Festivals/Awards

Best Feature Documentary Award
The Africa No Filter Special Jury Award
International Critics Week Special Mention

FESPACO - Official Selection

Cairo International Film Festival - Official Selection

IDFA - Luminous 

 

Abo Zaabal 89
أبو زعبل ٨٩
Bassam Mortada

In search of understanding and healing, filmmaker and activist Bassam Mortada explores his father’s arrest, imprisonment, and torture in Abo Zaabal 89, re-constructing and reconsidering the experience that traumatised and divided his family.

 

بحثًا عن الفهم والشفاء، يستكشف المخرج والناشط بسّام مرتضى قصة اعتقال والده وسجنه وتعذيبه في فيلم "أبو زعبل ٨٩". وفي الفيلم، يعيد بسّام بناء وتأمل التجربة التي سببت صدمة لعائلته وفرّقت شملها.

 

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