In 2002, Mohamed Khamis – a business tycoon close to the Mubarak regime – tried to become a partner in the Ahmonseto textile factory. Shortly after owner Adel Agha rejected the offer, he was accused of fraud charges and imprisoned. After his release, Agha fled the country. Caught in the middle of this business dispute were the 2,000 workers employed at the Ahmonseto complex.
Also in this combined programme
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In/Out of the Room
In Dina Hamza’s latest documentary In/Out of the Room, a rare story unfolds of the life of a man whose job is to take lives. -
Sturm: Fayoum
In the village of Abuxa in the governorate of Fayoum, the Nile’s water isn’t flowing like it once did. Here, capitalism cuts to the bone…
Film details
- Country of production
- Egypt
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- DVD
