https://watch.eventive.org/arabfilm/play/6577e5cc7ae88c03310cfb49
Produced by Victoria Film, Palestinian film Echo is now streaming on the Arab Film and Media Institute’s Virtual Cinema Platform that hosts a curation of Palestinian stories on the situation currently unfolding in Gaza.
The film documents the attacks on the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood that lasted for 11 days. Directed by Mohamed Abuelkass, Echo received a Special Mention at the Asia South East Short Film Festival.
Victoria Film is an integrated, production company specialized 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 both 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 Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in 2022. In 2020, Victoria Film produced the feature film A Day in Cairo, followed by the documentary Echo in 2021 that documents the attacks on Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood that lasted for 11 days. Echo received a Special Mention at the Asia South East Short Film Festival. Victoria Film’s latest production is the feature film The Back Row (2023) that won the Best Film and Best Script awards within the Egyptian Films Competition at the 39th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival.
