“Cairo Conspiracy” is Sweden's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. It has been shortlisted for the Oscars, making it one of 15 films vying for the nominations and top honor. It won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Adam, the son of a fisherman, 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 in Cairo, the university's highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.