Back to Alexandria
After twenty years of absence, Sue returns to her native Egypt to see her estranged mother, Fairouz, a splendid and eccentric aristocrat. Leading her on a surprising journey from Cairo back to Alexandria, Sue reconnects with her loved ones and faces startling and painful memories. She will reconcile with her past, and finally become the empowered woman she ought to be.
Tamer·Ruggli
Tamer·Ruggli is a Swiss-Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the ?cole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). After intensifying his writing skills at the New York Film Academy in 2015, he was awarded the SSA Scholarship (Swiss Society of Authors) in 2016 for Back to Alexandria, his first feature-length fiction script. Tamer’s short films have been selected and awarded by numerous prestigious international film festivals such as Palm Springs International ShortFest and Outfest Los Angeles.
