2022 Winners & Shortlists

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

The film starts with a salesman and a family man inside the MG6 at the showroom, the man says he really likes it but has to wait, “Wait? How long will you keep waiting for?” The salesman asks as he takes him on a journey showing all the situations where an Egyptian family man would typically find himself wasting time, while they both are in the car. as we go through the situations the man’s hair and facial hair grow longer in stages to show longevity. At the end of the journey the salesman says “You’re wasting your life on responsibilities, you need to run” we cut back to them in our first location inside the car at night with man’s beard and hair all grown, the man screams in excitement and rips the beard off, then the film’s mood switches from boredom to it’s cure, speed therapy.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The Insight of how boring and a waste of time a family man’s life can be because you get stuck in an endless loop of waiting for everything and everyone is a universal insight. Yet the way it's tackled is localized by showing local insights like handymen taking forever to eat and how long their tea breaks are, how Egyptians marry into a family so you have to drive your mother in law everywhere, the cleaning lady visits that take forever and always happen to be on weekends so you have to wait all day to freely use the house, electricity and water outages are also mentioned. The script is written in a way that has continuation in Arabic focusing on word play that gets lost in translation like “Waiting for the bonus to check in, waiting for the test results to come out”.

Provide the full film script in English.

-Salesman: So.. What do you think? =Family man: really like it but I have to wait -Salesman: Wait? -How long will you be waiting for? -Waiting for the missus to fix her hair -Waiting for the mother in law to fix her teeth -Waiting for the baby to poop -Waiting for the puppy to poop -Waiting for the client to come -Waiting for the client to leave -Waiting for the bonus to check in -Waiting for the results to come out -Waiting for the boring birthday party to end -Waiting to hit the road -Waiting for the kids to do their homework -Waiting for the handyman to come -Waiting for the handyman to finish his lunch break -Waiting for the water come back -Waiting for the electricity to come back -Waiting for the cleaning lady to leave -You’re wasting your life on responsibilities, you need to run -Let’s go! =Family man: LET’S GOOO! V.O From 0-100 In 7 seconds MG6 Faster than life