THE GOOSE'S EXCUSE

OZR EL WEZZAH

By Mahdy ABO BAHAT, Abdo ZIN ELDIN

GRAVEGOOD PRODUCTION LTD - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2023

Murmurs of the otherworldly pass through an Egyptian village. Fields and dwellings stir with quiet enchantment as inhabitants seek illumination.


Festivals
& Awards

The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2023
Official Selection - International Competition
DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2023
International Shorts - Special Mention
25FPS - International Experimental Film and Video Festival 2023
International Competition
BFI London FF 2023
Official Selection - Short Film Competition
BFI London FF 2024
Shorts programme
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Science-fiction, Experimental
    • Countries
    • EGYPT, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 25 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mahdy ABO BAHAT, Abdo ZIN ELDIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Mahdy ABO BAHAT (GRAVEGOOD Production)
    • Synopsis
    • A heavenly inquiry lands in a village to inspect the sleep of a peasant and his renegade goose. Led by the hums of a spectral apparatus, the visitation detects esoteric frequencies from a spiritual reality cloaked in the peasant's home and land. A threshold pierced by the gaze of a saint. A whirlwind spun from the faith and hunger of Cairo's City of the Dead.