SAWAH
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| 5 EUR, reduced 2,50 EUR |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| English, French, Arabic, Luxembourgish with German subtitles |
| Egypt I Belgium I Luxembourg 2019 I 87 min |
| Subtitles |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Part of: AFRIKAMERA |
Adolf El Assal’s tragicomedy SAWAH tells of the odyssey of young Egyptian DJ Samir, whose plane is suddenly diverted to Luxembourg due to a strike while traveling to a DJ festival from Cairo to Brussels. As if that weren’t enough, his luggage is lost along with his passport and music recordings, and he is mistaken for a refugee. From then on, he is stuck in a country he doesn’t know and meets people who want to help him get to Belgium and make a name for himself as a DJ. At the same time, a revolution breaks out in his home country….
After the film Q&A with director Adolf El Assal and actor Eric Kabongo.
Director
Adolf El Assal, born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 1981, grew up in Dubai, London, and Luxembourg. After studying film directing at Kingston University in London, he participated in music clips and short films for television. In 2008, Adolf El Assal produced the no-budget film, Divizionz, which was presented at AFRIKAMERA and other events. Later, in less than two weeks, he shot his first feature-length film, the guerrilla film, Reste bien, mec! (2009). Since then, he wrote, produced and filmed award-winning short films such as, La Fameuse Route… (2010) and Mano de Dios (2010), both presented at the Luxembourg City Film Festival. In 2012, he realized his second feature film, Les Gars. Sawah (2019) is his third feature film.
Eric Kabongo is a Belgian actor, and musician. He was born in the Republic of Congo, left home at the age of 13 and grew up in a small Flemish village in Belgium. Eric Kabongo has been in front of the camera for film and television since 2013. He became quite well known in Germany in 2016 with the film “Willkommen bei den Hartmanns” as Diallo Makabouri. In 2017, he was awarded the German Comedy Prize and the Bambi Film National 2017 for this leading role.