Tarik Saleh Talks Freedom Of Expression & Optimism For Future As ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ Begins Int’l Rollout – Lumière Festival

Tarik Saleh Talks Freedom Of Expression & Optimism For Future As ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ Begins Int’l Rollout – Lumière Festival

A decade has passed since Egyptian Swedish director Tarik Saleh was forced to leave Egypt at high speed just as he was about to shoot police corruption drama The Nile Hilton Incident, the first film in his Cairo trilogy. “It was a very explicit threat. They said that if you don’t leave with your crew within five days, we cannot guarantee your safety, which means that they will do something,” Saleh told the audience at the Lumière Film Festival…