The TEAM
Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda
Acting CEO / Producer / Production Manage
Originally from the Caribbean, Neigeme has 19 years experience in both film and documentary, he has produced award winning films with directors from Africa, Europe, America and the Caribbean. He is the creative director of the Caribbean Film Corner, an itinerant Caribbean Film Festival that he started in 2009 to help promote films from across the Caribbean and In 2012 he became a Berlinale Talent Campus alumni member and created his production company Unit4B Productions which is based in London. www.unit4b.com
In 2017, he moved to Luxembourg to joined the Wady Films team. Neigeme is also a Mentor at the Ouaga Film & Producers Lab, in Burkina Faso and he is also an alumni member of the esteemed European Screen Leaders programme.
Synopsis
Skaarab, a DJ from Cairo, is invited to play in Brussels; the gig of a lifetime. Just as a popular uprising breaks out in Egypt, he jumps on a plane and lands in a country he's never heard before: the Grand- Duchy of Luxembourg.
It all goes awry when he loses his passport and is mistaken for a refugee, forcing him to navigate an absurd tangle of eccentric characters and events.
Director: Adolf El Assal
Screenplay: Adolf El Assal / Dennis Foon / Sirvan Marogy
Producers: Deal Productions / Wady Films (Luxembourg)
Co-Producers: Caviar (Belgium) / Film Clinic (Egypt)
Support: Film Fund Luxembourg / Belgian Tax Shelter
Distribution: Netflix (MENA / CEE / DACH / Benelux) / Amazon Prime (USA) Wady Media (Benelux) / SP Releasing (North America) / AK Entertainment (South Korea) / SBS (Australia) / Film Clinic (MENA)
Sales: One.Two.Three Media
Type: Feature Fiction
Length: 86 mins
Genre: Comedy
With the support of Filmfund Luxembourg
Cast: Karim Kassem / Eric Kabongo / Nilton Martins / Jean-Luc Couchard / Mourade Zeguendi / Stéphane Bissot / Paul Robert / Sarrah Abdelrahman / Mahmoud Elissy / Wesley Weigel / Besnik Limani / Dan Sluijzer / Elisabet Johannesdottir
FESTIVALS
Max Öphuls Film Festival - 2020
Calgary Film Festival - 2019
Austin Film Festival - 2019
Luxembourg City Film Festival - 2019
Arab Film Festival Rotterdam - 2019
Beijing International Film Festival - 2019
MOOOV Filmfestival Belgium - 2019
Queen Palm International Film Festival USA - 2019
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NEWS
Netflix picks up Luxembourg-Egypt comedy ‘Sawah’ - Screen International
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AWARDS
Audience Award - Festival du film arabe, Fameck
Cineuropa Award - EUFF Shanghai
Best Film - Queen Palm Film Festival
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