The Nile Hilton Incident

We are in Egypt, right before the revolution. The detective, Noredin (Fares Fares), works at the police station Kasr el-Nil. Noredin and his colleagues are all part of a corrupt society where they take bribes daily, but the murder of a famous singer turns everything upside-down. The investigation of the murder, which at first glance looks like a crime of passion, leads Noredin to the country’s powerful elite. When he starts asking too many questions, problems begin piling up.

The Nile Hilton Incident won the Jury Award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, and several Guldbagge Awards in Sweden earlier this year. The film has received warm reviews worldwide, and it is a stylish police-thriller with clear traces of film noir. The dawning revolution and the fall of Mubarak is the thematic backdrop of a story about a man who tries to break out of a corrupt society.

Tarik Saleh (f.1972) grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a director, and the co-owner of the production company Atmo. Saleh has directed the documentary Gitmo together with Erik Gandini, directed music videos with artists like Lykke Li, the animation film Metropia, and feature films like Tommy from 2014.