Original Title
Dollar or Egyptian Pound?
Country of Production
Egypt, Poland
Year of Production
2021
Running Time
3'07"
Language
English
Credits
Nadim Suleiman - Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Weronika Szyma - Credits
Palmyra Films Ltd. - Production
Production Company or Producer
Palmyra Films Ltd.
Contact Person
Nadim Suleiman
Distribution Company
Palmyra Films Ltd.
Contact Person
Nadim Suleiman
A risky trade between the passengers of a cruise ship heading to Luxor and an Egyptian on-boat salesman goes wrong, becoming a metaphor of the gap between wealthy tourists and needy natives.
Name
Nadim Suleiman
Country
Syrian Arab Republic
Biography
Nadim Suleiman is a 5th year student of film and television directing at the Polish National Film School. His films have been shown at film festivals in Poland and abroad. He worked as assistant director on productions such as "The Illegals" by Jan P. Matuszyński, "The Republic of Children" by Jan Jakub Kolski and "Bread & Salt" by Damian Kocur.
He played in "Sexify" by Piotr Domalewski and Kalina Alabrudzińska, "Bread & Salt" by Damian Kocur and in the play "Of Love" by Waldemar Zawodziński at the Jaracz Theater in Łódź. As a production manager, he realized, among others two diploma films of PWSFTviT. He is a co-founder of the Palmyra Films Ltd., which is the producer of films including "I Am One of Them", "Dollar or Egyptian Pound?", "Living Giants" and "Thou Shalt Love".
Student @ Lodz film School
Filmography
2021 Dollar or Egyptian Pound? short documentary
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
Produkcja: Palmyra Films
Premiere at 37. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg - “Triple-Axel-Competition”
2018 Impervious short fiction
Director, Screenwriter
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute Premiere at 37. Koszalin Debuts Film Festival "Młodzi i Film” 2018
2017 Of Love short fiction
Director, Screenwriter
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute
2016 How Can It Be Normal? short documentary
Director, II Camera Operator, Sound Recordist
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute
2016 The Way Home short fiction
Director, Screenwriter
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute Premiere at 36. Koszalin Debuts Film Festival "Młodzi i Film” 2017
2015 RIDE short fiction
Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute
2015 Kasia & Sylwek short documentary
Director, Sound Recordist
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute Premiere at 25. Media Festival “Człowiek w Zagrożeniu” in Lodz
2014 RETURN short fiction
Director, Screenwriter
Production: National Polish Film School in Lodz, Polish Film Institute