Archive of films Dream Away / Dream Away
Germany / Egypt
2018, 86 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2018
It hasn’t been so very long since rich tourists from around the world came to stay in the luxury hotels of Sharm El Sheikh. But the Arab Spring and the confusion of the post revolutionary period quickly robbed the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula of its charm as a go-to summer resort. Saturated with elements of surreal fiction, the documentary takes us to a shimmering city of ghosts to visit its last inhabitants – resort employees who feverishly dream among the abandoned hotel suites.
Synopsis
It hasn’t been so very long since rich tourists from around the world came to stay in the luxury hotels of Sharm El Sheikh. But the Arab Spring and the confusion of the post revolutionary period quickly robbed the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula of its charm as a go-to summer resort. An Egyptian filmmaker and a visual artist from Germany demonstrate that partially staging their work needn’t be at odds with authenticity. In their documentary, saturated with elements of surreal fiction, they set out to visit the last inhabitants of the shimmering city of ghosts – resort employees who feverishly dream among the abandoned hotel suites. How hard is it to balance a traditional lifestyle with the unbridled liberalism of a place in a Middle Eastern wasteland where an island of Western razzle-dazzle is slowly sinking?
Martin Horyna
About the director
Marouan Omara (b. 1987, Cairo, Egypt). Selected filmography: Taxi (2008, short), Crop (2013, medium-length, co-dir. Johanna Domke), The Visit (Azziara, 2015, medium-length, co-dir. Nadia Mounier), One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s Chocolate Cake (2017, short)
Johanna Domke (b. 1978, Kiel, Germany). Selected filmography: A Sunset Takes 7 Minutes (2005, short), Cuers (2008, short), Stultifera Garden (2009, short), Lake in the Mirror (Søen i spejlet, 2010, short), 100% Yün (2010, short), Untitled-Epilog (2011), Crop (2013, medium-length, co-dir. Marouan Omara)
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About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke |
Screenplay: | Johanna Domke, Marouan Omara |
Dir. of Photography: | Jakob Beurle |
Music: | Bilgehan Ozis |
Editor: | Gesa Jäger, Louly Seif |
Producer: | Roman Roitman |
Production: | Monokel |
Coproduction: | Fig Leaf Studios, Fruitmarket Kultur and Mediem GmbH |
Sales: | WIDE HOUSE |
Contact: | Alibi Communications |
www: | https://www.facebook.com/Dream-Away-752908091552786/ |
Guests

Marouan Omara
Film Director

Johanna Domke
Film Director

Morgane Delay
Sales Agent

Roman Roitman
Producer

Brigitta Portier
Publicist

Mark Lofty
Producer