Hummus and Chips

DIRECTOR

Ahmad Moghazy

RUN TIME

14 minutes

LANGUAGE

Arabic and English

YEAR

2022

Country

Egypt

English Subtitles

Yes

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Short

Cast

Bashar Zeedan, Maggie Bourgein, Lara Assi

Classification

Exempt from classification. Children under 15 should be accompanied by an adult.

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown, grumpy racist grandma Margaret is lonely and anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test results. She then makes an unusual decision to spend a full day with her Arab neighbour, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?

SCREENING

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