Little Dreams

  • Little Dreams
Genre : Historical
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv, History/society
Year of production : 1993

The film is the story of Ghareeb, a 13-year-old Egyptian boy who lives with his mother in Suez during the period leading up to the outbreak of the 1967 war between Egypt and Israel. Ghareeb's father died heroically during the 1956 Suez war and the young boy longs for a father figure. He finds it in the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Ghareeb joins the local resistance, convinced that victory is near. But during the war he loses his home, his mother, his town and his little dreams.

Director: Khaled El Hagar

1993 - Birmingham International Film Festival, 1993
* Winner of Best City Film

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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