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I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face

Leaving December 31 • 15m

Directed by Sameh Alaa • 2020 • Egypt, France
Starring Seif Eldin Hemida, Nourhan Ali Abdelazez

After a long separation, a young man will do whatever it takes to be reunited with the one he loves in this affectingly spare Egyptian winner of the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes.

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