Director Sherif Mohsen’s acclaimed film The Back Row won big at the 39th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, taking home the prestigious awards for Best Film and Best Script. The festival, ran from October 1 to October 5.
The Back Row stars Bayoumi Fouad and Tayam Amar along with Yasser El Tobgy, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Amgad Abed, and Nora Abdel Rahman. Produced by Victoria Film, the film is written by Sherif Mohsen, May Ziady, Alaa Hassan and directed by Sherif Mohsen.
The film tells the story of a naive young guy who has a single story to life, but he goes through a one-day journey, which turns all his concepts upside down.
Victoria Film is an integrated production company specializing in filmmaking. Established by director/producer Sherif Mohsen in 2017, Victoria Film’s main aim is to produce unique and innovative work that reflects the artistic angle of life. The company’s goal is to script, direct, and produce new ideas while balancing between quality and content. In 2019, the company produced its first short film Light Blue, which took part in the Shanghai Short Film Festival in 2021, the Cairo Shorts Film Festival, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2022. In 2020, Victoria Film produced the long feature film A Day in Cairo and the documentary Echo which documents the war in Gaza that lasted for 11 days and received a Special Mention at the Asia South East Short Film Festival. The Back Row (2023) is the latest production by Victoria Film.
