2022 Winners & Shortlists

ROLLERCOASTER

Short List
BrandMINISTRY OF HEALTH EGYPT
Product/ServiceTHE ADDICTION AND ABUSE FUND
EntrantMINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Cairo, EGYPT
CategoryCasting
Idea Creation MEDIAHUB Cairo, EGYPT
Media Placement MEDIAHUB Cairo, EGYPT
PR MEDIAHUB Cairo, EGYPT
Production NEO PRODUCTIONS Cairo, EGYPT
Production 2 NEO PRODUCTIONS Cairo, EGYPT
Post Production MONKEYS Cairo, EGYPT
Additional Company MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY/ADDICTION AND ABUSE FUND Giza, EGYPT

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

One Hell of a Ride is an Egyptian drug awareness film that depicts the sad and emotional journey of drug abuse. A young teenager is strapped on a rollercoaster, ecstatic and screaming in joy during the first half of the film - until at one moment he looks worn out, tired, regretful, broken and bruised. In the end, the rollercoaster metaphor hits the viewer with the reality of drug addiction.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The film is universal in its core as drug addiction is a global problem. However, with Egypt drug addicts mainly being teenagers, we needed to find an activity (the rollercoaster ride) and the cast (young adolescents) to star in the film.

Tell the jury about the casting process.

The film was shot in its entirety on a rollercoaster. And we knew that this would be extremely unhealthy for the actors due to hours of excessive dizziness, nausea, headaches, vomit, tiredness and the constant gravitational forces that move the body in countless directions. So, we needed to cast two sets of twins for each of our films. A set of female twins and male twins. One twin acted out the ecstasy of drug abuse while the other acted out the agony and reality of it. This was extremely challenging as we needed twins that were teenagers (to fit the target) and that could be incredible actors (to push the message across). Thankfully we did, and everyone came out of the shoot unscathed.

Credits

Name Company Role
Ahmed Hussine Self Employed creative director
Amr El Haddad Self Employed creative director
Mohamed Ghazy Self Employed copywriter
Amr Abdallah Self Employed Special Effects Make-up
Rasha Abu-rish Neo Productions executive producer
Hosny Ali The Garage sound design arrangment
Nadeem Aref Self Employed focuspuller
Bebo Ashraf Neo Productions production team
Sherif Attia Neo Productions head of production
Ahmed Baskota Self Employed grip
Amr Berri Self Employed assistant director
Mahmoud Eissa Neo Productions production manager
Omar El Badry Media Hub agency team
Taher El Khateeb Media Hub agency team
Yasmine El Tazi Self Employed wardrobe stylist
Youssef Fakharany Self Employed assistant director
Mohamed Fathi (Eshta) Self Employed gaffer
Ali Ghali Monkeys CGI team
Mahmoud Ghali Monkeys CGI team
Youssef Ghali Monkeys CGI team
Mohab Hamdy Neo Productions production team
Tarek Hamzawy Neo Productions production team
Mohamed Hashem Neo Productions production team
Ahmed Hosny Self Employed assistant director
Ahmed Hussein Self Employed Film Director
Salma Khattab Neo Productions line producer
Weal Mahfouz Self Employed shooting board illustrator
Badr Mazen Media Hub agency team
Amr Rabee Barbershop editor
Omar Seven Target Casting Agency casting agency
Ahmed Tahoun Self Employed director pf photography
Ahmed Yehia Ghali Monkeys CGI team
Ali Yehia Ghali Self Employed Color grading
Ali Zakaria Ghali Self Employed music composer
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