Abdo (2015)

ABDO is a coming of age documentary that portrays two years in the life of a young activist in Egypt. Ultras football fan, atheist and anarchist with a religious salafist family background - Abdo is a young man looking for his identity. He is passionate about filming and so he captures through his camera lens not only the fight in the streets but also his struggle with the questions: What is the meaning of his life? And what is left when the revolution is over and daily routine is back? With the Egyptian revolution as background the film focuses on an individual story as well as it captures the spirit of the time revealing conflicts that are being lived through young people around the world.