Directed by Sherif Mohsen and produced by Victoria Film, The Back Row competes within the official competition at the 24th edition of Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (RAFF). The festival will be held from May 30 to June 2, 2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Most recently, The Back Row received two awards at the 39th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival; Best Film and Best Script awards.
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 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. 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 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2022. In 2020, Victoria Film produced the feature film A Day in Cairo and the documentary Echo that 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.
