Tarik Saleh | |
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 Saleh at the2025 Cannes Film Festival. | |
| Born | (1972-01-28)28 January 1972 (age 54) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupations | Television producer,animator,publisher,journalist,film director |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Tarik Saleh (Arabic:طارق صالح; born 28 January 1972) is a Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist, and film director. He was born inStockholm to a Swedish mother and an Egyptian father. He is most known for hisCairo-trilogy starringFares Fares:The Nile Hilton Incident (2017),Boy from Heaven (2022) andEagles of the Republic (2025).
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of Sweden's most prominentgraffiti artists,[1] including co-creatingFascinate. He has also worked as a TV host forSveriges Television and is one of the founders ofproduction company Atmo.
Saleh first feature film, the English-language animated filmMetropia (2009), had its world premiere at the66th Venice International Film Festival.
His 2017'sThe Nile Hilton Incident was awarded World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the2017 Sundance Film Festival, and went to win numerous awards includingBest Film at the53rd Guldbagge Awards.
In 2022, he directed his first Hollywood production,The Contractor, starringChris Pine,Ben Foster andGillian Jacobs. The film was initially acquired bySTXfilms, but due to the company's financial struggles that year, the film U.S. rights were sold toParamount Pictures andShowtime. Paramount released the film in a simultaneous limited theatrical and premiumvideo-on-demand release on April 1, 2022. The film was released internationally byPrime Video as anAmazon Original.
Also in 2022, Saleh released the second installment of his "Cairo triology",Boy from Heaven, which had its world premiere at the main competition of the2022 Cannes Film Festival, winning theBest Screenplay award and theFrançois Chalais Prize. It was selected as theSwedish entry for theBest International Feature Film at the95th Academy Awards, and made the december 15-films shortlist, but was not nominated. At the48th César Awards it was nominated forBest Foreign Film.
His final entry in the "Cairo triology",Eagles of the Republic, had its world premiere at the main competition of the2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for thePalme d'Or.
| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
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| 2009 | Metropia | ||
| 2014 | Tommy | [1] | |
| 2017 | The Nile Hilton Incident | حادث النيل هيلتون | |
| 2022 | The Contractor | ||
| Boy from Heaven | صبي من الجنة | Best Screenplay at the75th Cannes Film Festival | |
| 2025 | Eagles of the Republic | ||
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