MAD Solutions Takes World Sales On Amr Salama’s ’60 Egyptian Pounds’ With Rap Star Ziad Zaza & Releases First Clip

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EXCLUSIVE: MAD Solutions has acquired world sales rights to Egyptian director Amr Salama’s short film 60 Egyptian Pounds ahead of its world premiere as the opening film of the upcoming El Gouna Film Festival.

Salama is one of Egypt’s most popular directors with recent credits including Shahid-commissioned drama Bimbo, starring Ahmed Malek as a drug dealer-turned-detective; fantasy feature Bara El Manhag, Netlfix series Paranormal and Toronto hit Sheikh Jackson.

60 Egyptian Pounds grew out of Salama’s fascination and love of Egypt’s burgeoning hip-hop scene as well as desire to shed light on domestic abuse.

The short stars real-life Egyptian rap star Ziad Zaza, in his first big screen role, as a fictitious rapper with an abusive father, who takes it upon himself to end his family’s suffering once and for all. “Working on 60 pounds was a liberating and refreshing experience,” says Salama. “I was curious to explore this art form and the background of its leading artists and to add the storytelling element to it in order to take this authenticity and turn it into a compelling story.” Ziad Zaza is one of Egypt’s most prominent rap artists scene, thanks to debut album El Rays and You Tube trending tracks such as Karreta Sarrefa, Zaza, Basha, Leh Tedaye, and Dayra.