release date March 24 2014
ElCinema.com Serves as Factory Girl's Online Sponsor
MAD Solutions, the company serving as Factory Girl's distributor regionally and globally, made an agreement with ElCinema.com to be the online sponsor of Mohamed Khan's new film which was released by the company in Egyptian theatres on Wednesday.

Commenting on this, Hady Abdel-Hakim, Marketing Executive at ElCinema.com stated, "It's our pleasure to support Factory Girl, and we congratulate the acclaimed director Mohamed Khan, the film cast, DayDream Art Production and MAD Solutions for presenting such a beautiful movie to the Egyptian cinema."

ElCinema.com is the largest Arabic and English movie database in the MENA region. Established by Damlag SAE in 2008, ElCinema.com offers the latest news, trailers, behind-the scenes videos, box office sales, making it the sanctuary for movie fans of all generations. ElCinema.com holds a massive archive of up-to-date movie and celebrity profiles with a rating system for films and TV shows that has become a key reference for industry professionals and fans alike.

Factory Girl launched on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014, in 19 Egyptian theatres across three governorates as follow: Cairo | Nile City in Nile Corniche, City Stars Cinema in Nasr City, Americana Plaza in 6 October, Galaxy Cineplex Mall of Arabia in 6 October, El-Salam Concorde Cinema in Masr El Gedida, Renaissance Cairo Mall Cinema in El Haram, Renaissance Cinema Bandar El Maadi in Maadi, Emad Eddin, Odeon, Miami Cinemas in Downtown, El Amir Cinema in Shoubra, Alexandira | Metro, San Stefano, City Center Carrefour, Smouha, Assiut | Assuit.

MAD Solutions has announced that the film will screen in the UAE on March 27th, 2014, in addition to several Arab countries, the list of which will be revealed soon.

Directed by great Mohamed Khan, and written by Wessam Suleiman, Factory Girl's producer Mohamed Samir has revealed that the cinema release prints of the film in the UAE will be with English subtitles fitting the diverse audience in the GCC state.

Factory Girl had its world premiere at the 10th Dubai International Film Festival, 2013, where it garnered International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award for Arab Feature Competition, and the film's star Yasmin Raeis walked away with the Best Actress award, in the Muhr Arab Feature Competition. The film has also received a very warm welcome from the Egyptian audience after it's screening in Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival, on Thursday night, January 23rd, 2014.

Starring Yasmin Raeis, Hany Adel, Salwa Kahttab, Salwa Mohamed Ali, in addition to a number of new talents, Factory Girl tells the story of Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor, who has expressed his admiration for her. She believes love can transcend the class differences between them. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept independent women. Factory Girl examines the changes that take place in her life over the four seasons of the year. From falling in love to facing heartbreak, her life comes around full circle by the end of the year.

Factory Girl is the first feature production by Mohamed Samir's DayDream Art Production. The film received financial support from a total of seven entities including: Dubai International Film Festival's Enjaaz Fund, Abu Dhabi Film Festival's Sanad Fund, GIZ institution, Global Film Initiative, Women in Film Foundation and the Ministry of Culture's Filmmaking Fund. Factory Girl is also produced by WIKA for Film Production and Distribution (Harag W' Marag) and Middlewest Films (In Search of Oil and Sand and Villa 69).
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