Café Regular, Cairo (Café Regular, Cairo)
Arab Short Film Competition
Ritesh Batra / Short Narrative / Egypt, India / 2011 / 11 min / Colour / HDCAM
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Romantic Comedy, Social Issues
World Premiere
Synopsis
In a regular cafe in Cairo a relationship goes through its first big test.
About the Directors
Ritesh Joginder Batra was a fellow at the Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs where he developed a feature screenplay called "The Story of Ram". In addition, he was named the Sundance Time Warner Storytelling Fellow and an Annenberg Fellow. He has made several award winning short films. His new feature screenplay "The Lunchbox" was part of the 2011 Binger/NFDC Screenwriting Lab at the Venice International Film Festival.
Credits
- Director
- Ritesh Batra
- Screenwriter
- Ritesh Batra
- Producer
- Alaa Mosbah, Wajdi Elian, Guneet Monga
- Editor
- Wajdi Elian
- Cinematographer
- Islam Abdel Samea
- Cast
- Mai Abozeed, Alaa Ezzat