Zip It exposes the challenges a creative and eccentric young man can face in a society where anything unconventional is controversial. Following the out-of-the-ordinary yet ordinary life of Egyptian fashion designer, 26-year-old Mohanad Kojak, the film shows the resilience it takes to be successful in today’s Cairo. It gives a glimpse of the Egyptian creative and libertine youth and the realities of the world they live in.
Overview of some festivals:
Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Best International Feature Documentary, Lebanon (2022)
Exposition Habibi Les Révolutions de l’Amour à l’Institut du Monde Arabe, France (2022)
Chéries-Chéris, France (2022)
Middle East Now Festival, Italy (2021)
Raindance Film Festival, UK (2021)
Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Best International Feature Documentary, Lebanon (2022)
Exposition Habibi Les Révolutions de l’Amour à l’Institut du Monde Arabe, France (2022)
Chéries-Chéris, France (2022)
Middle East Now Festival, Italy (2021)
Raindance Film Festival, UK (2021)
| Director | Anicée Gohar |
| Camera | Gad AlHak Hashem, Yehia Fahim, Hesham Said Abdelaziz |
| Colorization | Mohamed El Maghraby, Karim Mira |
| Sound | Ahmed Dya, Mohamed Salah |
Production
Anicée Gohar
Anicée Gohar is a French-Egyptian director with a particular interest in character-driven documentaries. She started by working for the biggest group of TV channels in the Middle East (MBC) for more than eight years as a coordinator, producer, director, and reporter for all international content. She holds masters from the London School of Economics and a Filmmaking certificate from NYU Tisch School. Furthermore, she is most known for Zip It (2021), her feature debut, which premiered at the Middle East Now Festival in Florence and had its UK premiere at the Raindance Film Festival. Her first short, Keema (2018), won the best documentary short at the Greenwich Village Film Festival. Gohar has produced a documentary series on Emanne Beasha, an 8‑year-old Opera Singer, The Voice of an Angel (2017).
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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