The story of the 21-year old Hayam who decides to go against a society that resents love because of its strict and cruel traditions and customs.

FACTORY GIRL tells the story of Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor, who has expressed his admiration for her. She believes love can transcend the class differences between them. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept independent women. Factory Girl examines the changes that take place in her life over the four seasons of the year. From falling in love to facing heartbreak, her life comes around full circle by the end of the year.

Egypt and United Arab Emirates / 2013 / Arabic dialogue with English subtitles / Colour / DCP / 92 minutes

Director: Mohammed Khan
Country: Egypt, UAE
Year of Production: 2013

Starring Yasmin Raeis, Hani Adel, Salwa Mohamed Ali

Factory Girl tells the story of Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor, who has expressed his admiration for her. She believes love can transcend the class differences between them. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept independent women. Factory Girl examines the changes that take place in her life over the four seasons of the year. From falling in love to facing heartbreak, her life comes around full circle by the end of the year.

Produced by
Mohamed Samir

Director of Photography
Mahmoud Lotfi

Editor
Dina Farouk

Sound Design
Rafaat Samir

Mixing
Ahmed Gaber

Music Composer
George Kazazian

Production Design
Ahmed Abbas

Costume Design
Nayira Al-Dahshoury

Executive Producer
Ahmed Youssef

Casting
Jennifer Leigh Peterson

/ Starring
Yasmin Raeis
Hany Adel
Salwa Khattab
Salwa Mohamed Ali
Ibtihal El Serety
Hanan Adel
Ibrahim Salah
Salma Dahab
Lana Mushtak
Magda Munir
Yussria Al-Maghribia
Noorhan Emad Edin
Rizk Ramadan
Menna Al-Lithi
Solafa Ghanim
Batul El-Haddad
Reham Dissouki
Raghda Said
Maha Abdallah
Mariam Mehallawi
Soad Al-Kadi
Waffa Al-Sharqawi
Gihad Mahdi
Noha Foad
Noha Haraz
Kholoud Issa
Susan Radwan
Fatma Hassan
Hannan Al-Fayoumi
Hebba Yussry
Mohamed Khalifa Ali
Samar Abdelwahab


Factory Girl screens in theaters on March 19th

فتاة المصنع 19 مارس بالسينمات!

2014 | 2nd Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival, Egypt, from January 19th to January 25th, 2014
* Egyptian premiere

2013 | 10th DIFF, Dubai
* Muhr Arab Feature competition
* Winner of FIPRESCI Award/ Feature /Best Arab Feature: Mohamed Khan (Director)
* Winner of Muhr Arab / Feature /Best Actress: Yasmine Raees (Cast)
* World premiere
* projection/Screening: Madinat Arena / Sun, 8 Dec 2013, 08:30 PM
* projection/Screening: MOE 6 / Tue, 10 Dec 2013, 06:00 PM
________________


ARABIC

تدور أحداث فتاة المصنع حول هيام، وهي فتاة في الواحد والعشرين ربيعاً، تعمل كغيرها من بنات حيها الفقير في مصنع ملابس، تتفتح روحها ومشاعرها بانجذابها لتجربة حب تعيشها كرحلة ومغامرة بدون أن تدري أنها تقف وحيدة أمام مجتمع يخاف من الحب ويخبئ رأسه في رمال تقاليده البالية والقاسية.
إخراج
محمد خان

تأليف
وسام سليمان

المنتج
محمد سمير

مدير تصوير
محمود لطفى

مونتاج
دينا فاروق

تصميم شريط الصوت
رأفت سمير

مكساج
احمد جابر

موسيقى تصويرية
جورج كازازيان

مهندس مناظر
أحمد عباس

تصميم ملابس
نيرة الدهشورى

منتج منفذ
أحمد يوسف

كاستنج
جينفر لى بيترسون
______________________
بطولة / Starring

ياسمين رئيس
هانى عادل
سلوى خطاب
سلوى محمد على
إبتهال الصريطى
حنان عادل
ابراهيم صلاح
سلمى دهب
لانا مشتاق
ماجدة منير
يسرية المغربية
نورهان عماد
رزق رمضان
منة الليثى
سلافة غانم
بتول الحداد
ريهام دسوقى
رغدة سعيد
مها عبدالله
مريم المحلاوى
سعاد القاضى
وفاء الشرقاوى
جهاد مهدى
نهى فؤاد
نهى حراز
خلود عيسى
سوزان رضوان
فاطمة حسن
حنان الفيومى
هبة يسرى
سمر عبد الوهاب