THE DAM

by Ali Cherri

Sudan, near the Merowe Dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation starts to take a life of its own…

Drama | France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar | 80 mins
HD | color | Dolby SRD
Languages: Arabic

World premiere: Cannes 2022

Main role Maher Maher El Khair

Script	Ali Cherri, Geoffroy Grison / in collaboration with Bertrand Bonello
Director	Ali Cherri
Producer	Janja Kralj, Rémi Bonhomme, Imane Fares, Alsamoual Hussein, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Vladimir Perisic, Vanja Milanovic
Production	KinoElektron (France)
Co-Production	Galerie Imane Fares (France) DGL Travel (Sudan) Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH (Germany) Trilema (Serbia)
with the support of	Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée Institut Français Doha Film Institute ARTE/COFINOVA 17 Arab Fund for Arts and Culture World Cinema Fund Art Jameel Film Center Serbia – Ministry of Culture and Information Republic of Serbia Onassis Culture Indie Sales Company Image/Mouvement du Centre National Des Arts Plastiques Fondation Nationale Des Arts Graphiques Et Plastiques [N.A!] Project Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam
International sales	Indie Sales Company

DOP	Bassem Fayad
Sound	Thomas van Pottelberge, Jakov Munidaba, Simon Apostolou
Editing	Isabelle Manquillet, Nelly Quettier
VFX	Mel Massadian
Composer	ROB

World premiere: Cannes 2022 (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight)

Melbourne International Independent Film Festival
New York International Independent Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck
Bergen International Film Festival
Seville European Film Festival
Tokyo FILMeX
São Paulo International Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Oslo Films from the South Festival
Singapore International Film Festival
Luxembourg City Film Festival
Qumra
IFF and Forum on Human Rights Geneva
Hong Kong International Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Film Festiva