Shams

Synopsis Eden, a 30-year-old Belgian woman, works in a cultural center a few thousand kilometers away from her home, in the bustling capital of Cairo. She learned to love the city thanks to Shams, a bubbly Egyptian girl almost 10 years her junior, who challenges her vision of the world. Fearing of what others may think, Eden has hard time accepting her feelings and this new relationship, until Shams brutally disappears following her coming out to her mother. Eden is forced to face her unconfessed love in order to find her. With the support and friendship of two valiant young Egyptians, Eden starts a fight against her own fears, denials and bias in the quest of Shams.