---
title: 'Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shirin Neshat'
released: '2017-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Morocco'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/looking-for-oum-kulthum-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6281148/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017)

2017 · Drama · Morocco, Germany, Austria, Italy


## Synopsis

Looking for Oum Kulthum is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film about the Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum, directed by Shirin Neshat in collaboration with Shoja Azari. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shirin Neshat](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirin-neshat)
- **Screenplay:** [Shirin Neshat](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirin-neshat), [Shoja Azari](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoja-azari)
- **Producer:** [Antonin Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-svoboda)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Gschlacht](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-gschlacht)

## Cast

- [Rainer Guldener](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-guldener)
- [Neda Rahmanian](https://cinepixo.com/people/neda-rahmanian)
- [Yasmin Raeis](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasmin-raeis)
- [Mehdi Moinzadeh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehdi-moinzadeh)

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Official site: https://www.lookingforoumkulthum.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/looking-for-oum-kulthum-2017
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