Oscars: Egypt Selects Abu Bakr Shawky’s ‘The Stories’ for International Feature Race
Abu Bakr Shawky’s drama “The Stories” — which is inspired by how the director’s Egyptian father and Austrian mother began their love affair as pen pals — has been selected as Egypt’s entry for the Academy Award for best international feature film. When Shawky’s father Ahmed was an aspiring pianist in Cairo in 1967, he […]
Egypt has selected The Stories as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. The film, directed by Abu Bakr Shawky, stars Amir El-Masry as an aspiring Egyptian concert pianist. It is set against the backdrop of Egypt's turbulent years from the late 1960s until the 1980s.
According to Deadline, the film also stars Valerie Pachner.
No further details about The Stories or other films were used in this brief as they were not present in both reports or were not applicable.
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