Amina's Song

AMINA'S SONG - 2025

Fiction - 15 minutes  - Egypt, Russia, Latvia

While we follow the daily struggle of a young Egyptian student in Kazan, Amina risks everything for a chance to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer, which triggers some changes in her life.

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Winner of TATNEFT special prize in Film7Days, Russia.

A production of Honey Bees Films & A Co-production of Full Glass Media​

​Starring: Mariam Amer as Amina, Renat Freeman as Ivan, and Timur Volkov as Onat​

Written, directed, and produced: Essam Hayder

Creative Producer: Thom Palmen

Cinematography: Amgad Riad

Art director and B-Roll Cinematographer: Almir Abubakirov

Editor:  Essam Hayder

Color correction: Mina Nabil

Sound design and Mix: Muhamed Eltaweal

Music: Maurice Mishael 

Line Producers: Ksenia Koltsova, Diana Shakirova

First Assistant Director: Ahmed Badr Karram

Second Assistant Director: Vlada Leiman

Third Assistant Director: Artur Ahmetov

 Sound Engineer: Andrew Krokhin​​​​