Tarik Saleh

Tarik Saleh (Arabic: طارق صالح; born 28 January 1972; Stockholm) is a Swedish film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, publisher, journalist. He was born in Högalids församling, Stockholm to a Swedish mother and an Egyptian father. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of Sweden's most prominent graffiti artists, including co-creating Fascinate. He has also worked as a TV host for Sveriges Television and is one of the founders of production company Atmo. His work often contains techniques such as montages, cut-out graphics and faces with manipulated lip synching. At the 53rd Guldbagge Awards, his film The Nile Hilton Incident won five awards, including Best Film. His film Boy from Heaven was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Sacrificio: Who Betrayed Che Guevara (2001)

The two young Swedish journalist's Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh have worked one year with Sacrificio, a film about the events surrounding the death of Che Guevara. They have traveled the world around and met among others the man who shot Che Guevara and the former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh  •  Erik Gandini
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The two young Swedish journalist's Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh have worked one year with Sacrificio, a film about the events surrounding the death of Che Guevara. They have traveled the world around and met among others the man who shot Che Guevara and the former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh  •  Erik Gandini
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Metropia (2009)

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Juliette Lewis  •  Udo Kier  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Shanti Roney

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Juliette Lewis  •  Udo Kier  •  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Shanti Roney

Gitmo (2005)

Looks at the link between Guantanomo Bay and the torture methods used in Iraq. How US forces handle the task of retrieving information from the detainees. Ex detainee Mehdi from Sweden breaks his vow of silence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh  •  Erik Gandini
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Looks at the link between Guantanomo Bay and the torture methods used in Iraq. How US forces handle the task of retrieving information from the detainees. Ex detainee Mehdi from Sweden breaks his vow of silence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh  •  Erik Gandini
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Tommy (2014)

After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Moa Gammel  •  Lykke Li  •  Ola Rapace  •  Johan Rabaeus

After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Moa Gammel  •  Lykke Li  •  Ola Rapace  •  Johan Rabaeus

The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Fares Fares  •  Mari Malek  •  Yasser Ali Maher  •  Mohamed Yousry

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Fares Fares  •  Mari Malek  •  Yasser Ali Maher  •  Mohamed Yousry

The Contractor (2022)

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Ben Foster  •  Sander Thomas  •  Gillian Jacobs

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Ben Foster  •  Sander Thomas  •  Gillian Jacobs

Charlie Johnson in the Flames

A political thriller about an American journalist who travels to Africa to hunt down a murderous Colonel and bring him to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Liam Neeson

A political thriller about an American journalist who travels to Africa to hunt down a murderous Colonel and bring him to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Liam Neeson

Lykke Li - Live on the Moon (2011)

Lykke Li and her band fly to the moon to perform ballads from her album Wounded Rhymes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Lykke Li

Lykke Li and her band fly to the moon to perform ballads from her album Wounded Rhymes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Lykke Li

Lykke Li: Sadness is a Blessing (2011)

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Elbyl (1998)

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DIRECTION:  Eva Tillberg
CAST:  Tarik Saleh

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DIRECTION:  Eva Tillberg
CAST:  Tarik Saleh

Cairo Conspiracy (2022)

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student ecomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Tawfeek Barhom  •  Fares Fares  •  Mohammad Bakri  •  Makram J. Khoury

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student ecomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarik Saleh
CAST:  Tawfeek Barhom  •  Fares Fares  •  Mohammad Bakri  •  Makram J. Khoury