Dream Away accompanies the daily lives of young employees of one of the numerous luxury hotels in Sharm El Sheikh. Post-revolutionary unrest and terrorist attacks have left the resort on the Red Sea deserted. The hotel complexes are uninhabited, the water aerobics classes are left unattended, the nightlife areas are spookily empty. The tourists fly over the city, but they do not land here anymore. With a somnambulistic attention, Dream Away explores the longings and hardships of young Egyptians whose future remains uncertain.

Marouan Omara and Johanna Domke have been collaborating as a directing duo since 2012. Their films are hybrids between fiction and documentary, crafted beautifully through magical realism. Their joint debut Crop (2013) received international acclaim at festivals including IFFR and DOK Leipzig.

Marouan Omara and Johanna Domke have been collaborating as a directing duo since 2012. Their films are cinematic hybrids, wandering around unmarked territory between fiction and documentary, crafted beautifully through magical realism. Their previous film CROP received international acclaim at festivals including IFF Rotterdam, Yamagata IDFF, Jihlava IDFF, and DOK Leipzig. They have been supported by several institutions including La Biennale di Venezia, Hot Docs-Blue Ice Fund, and IDFA Bertha Fund.