'Clash' trivia and fun facts

Cannes festival

The movie opened the section 'Un certain regard' at Cannes Film Festival.

Bad experience

Mohamed Diab, director, revealed that the cast had to spent nearly 27 days trapped in a police van, and due to that they got terrible nightmares and attacks of anxiety.

Festival presentation

It participated on the Official Section of Seminci 2016 (Valladolid International Film Festival), where it won the Pilar Miró Award of Best New Director, the Best Photography Direction Award and the Sociograph Award.

Tom Hanks

Director Mohamed Diab received a message from actor Tom Hanks thanking him for the movie. Hanks said that the film should change the way the West looks at democracy and politics in the Middle East.