

“They Call Him Russia!”
Shot on a single roll of Super 8mm film, with no editing or retakes, RUSSIA follows a poor young man from the Egyptian countryside as he confronts a haunting memory of his past and the lingering weight of his actions. Inspired by Emad Abu Saleh’s poem “Killer.”
Directed by Marwan Hmam, Abdelrahman Abouzeid
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October 10, 2026
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Arabic