Tarik Saleh is awarded the prize for best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his thriller “Boy from heaven”.
– This means everything to me. I see myself as a screenwriter in the first place, he says in his speech of thanks.
Six years ago, Saleh broke through with “The Nile Hilton incident” which was awarded the jury’s grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival and no less than five gold beetles, including the gold beetle for best film.
Like the breakthrough film, “The boy from heaven” takes place in Cairo.