
Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim
Ali Mea'za we Ibrahim
Directed by
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Qatar
2016
97 min
- Arabic
- Sign Language
Comedy drama
Ali falls in love with a goat, whom he names Nada. Ibrahim works at a recording studio and starts to hear voices that frighten him. Ali yields to his mother’s wish that he visit a healer, even though he doesn’t believe he is psychologically unstable. At the healer’s clinic, Ali meets Ibrahim. The healer diagnoses Ali and Ibrahim as “cursed” and prescribes a solution to break the spell; they must throw three “magic” stones in Egypt’s three water bodies. Ali, Ibrahim and Nada set off on an adventure that takes them to the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Nile in this touching tale of friendship, reconciliation, self-discovery and self-acceptance.
Awards
- Best Actor (Ali Sobhy) - Dubai IFF
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Ali Sobhi
- Ahmed Magdy
- Salwa Mohamed Aly
- Nahed El Sebai
- Screenplay
- Ahmed Amer
- Cinematography
- Amr Farouk
- Editing
- Emad Maher
- Music
- Ahmed El Sawy
- Sales
- LOCO FILMS
- Production
- ARIZONA PRODUCTIONS
- Production
- FILM CLINIC
Press
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Surprisingly guileless, ultimately winning buddy-road movie.
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A colorful firecracker about how a trio finds friendship and self-acceptance.

Sherif El Bendary
Egypt
Egyptian filmmaker Sherif El Bendary lives and works in Cairo. He graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo in 2007. His short films, RISE & SHINE (2006) and AT END'S DAY (2008), appeared in numerous film festivals and won many awards. Sherif’s CURFEW was part of the omnibus film 18 DAYS, which screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2011, and his DRY HOT SUMMERS won the Robert Bosch Film Prize in 2014, and was in competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2016. His debut feature film ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM (2016) was sceened at the Dubai IFF where it won an award for Best Actor (Ali Sobhy).