Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Arabic | SUBTITLES: English

GENRE: Black Comedy / Horror
DURATION: 11 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 00:11:35
COUNTRY: Egypt
LANGUAGE: Arabic (with English subtitles)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2025
DATE OF COMPLETION: January 22, 2025
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Egypt
SHOOTING FORMAT: Digital
COLOR TYPE: Color
ASPECT RATIO: 4:3
SOUND FORMAT: Stereo

LOGLINE

A darkly humorous and disturbing tale of a depressed young artist who turns his pain into vengeance against his tyrannical father.

SYNOPSIS

In a surreal blend of horror and black comedy, a young man finds solace only in art and painting as he endures the cruelty of his oppressive father. As his depression deepens, his artistic obsession takes a sinister turn, leading him down a dark path of revenge. The film explores the intersection between creativity, madness, and repressed rage within the fractured world of a father-son relationship.

CREDITS

Director / Writer / Producer / Film Owner: Karim Hassan Kamaleldin Elmorsy
Director of Photography (DOP): Tamer Moustafa
Editor / Sound Mixing / Mastering: Moataz Ali
Art Director & Stylist: Esraa El-Kasabany

CAST

Mohamed Abd El-Zaher El-Khatib — as The Son
Mohamed Anwar Abd-Elaal — as The Father

FESTIVALS & RECOGNITIONS

Selected for First-Time Filmmaker Sessions Volume 10, Lift-Off Global Network Limited (2025)
Quarter-Finalist at 2nd Nordic Palestinian Film Festival (2025)