Eltayeb Mahdi
, 1977
, 17 min
Al Dhareeh (The Tomb), is Eltayeb Mahdi’s graduation project from the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. It tells the story of an imposter who claims the power to heal people. Based on real events that occurred along the Nile river in Sudan during the 1960s, the film reflects the popularity of religious imposters in…
Sami Al Salamoni
, 1973
, 16 min
Synopsis:Cowboy begins from American cinema, as an exposure of the country’s settler colonial structure and its ability to depict genocidal acts through camera framing. The film, directed by the renowned Egyptian film critic Sami Al-Salamoni, reflects his theoretical critique of Hollywood through heavily edited scenes and shots from mainstream motion pictures. Al-Salamoni manages to take the…
Basma al-Sharif
, 2022
As Egypt sinks further into poverty, new cities are being erected across the country and prisons fill with dissenting opinions. Since it is currently not possible to safely speak about this: a ventriloquist, songs, and advertisements describe a seemingly bygone era of fascism.
Maha Maamoun
, 2009
, 62 min
Relying exclusively on footage from Egyptian films that use the pyramids as backdrop, Domestic Tourism II explores the ways in which these iconic historical monuments can be re-appropriated from the “timelessness” of the tourist postcard and reinscribed by the political, social, and historical complexity of their urban landscape.
, 2008
, 1 min
Most Fabulous Place flips through postcards of Egypt’s main tourist attraction, the Pyramids of Giza, alongside a soundtrack of conversations from various Egyptian films that occur next to these iconic monuments.
Marianne Fahmy
, 2019
, 12 min
After the great flood of the delta, a future oceanographer tells the story of the people’s relocation to the confidential camps in the Sahara desert.
, 2013
, 8 min
Between 2012 and 2013, artist Lara Baladi created the immersive, surround-sound video installation, Don’t Touch Me Tomatoes & Chachacha as a direct response to the ill-concealed misogyny which had been surfacing around the world (and continues to), and which at the time, in Egypt in particular, was amplified by the use of sexual abuse as a counter-revolutionary…
Malak Helmy
, 6 min
In Arabic, Habaa2 is the term used to describe the moment when individual particles of dust become visible to the naked eye. Habaa2’s translation into English renders these four words: Dust; Aerosol; Chaos; Vanity. The video explores a series of events in Cairo in the summer of 2009.
May 2024
Ayçe Kartal, Mahmoud Hamdi, Sarah Saidan, Sofia El Khyari, Huda Razzak
Featuring: Sofia El Khyari, Mahmoud Hamdi, Ayçe Kartal, Huda Razzak, Inna Sahakyan and Sarah Saidan.Curated by Lila Nazemian Online screening: May 7 – 19RSVP: artearchive.orgShorts Available worldwide, Aurora’s Sunrise available in the U.S.FREE / $5 suggested donation In-person Screenings: Date: Thursday, May 9Inna Sahakian’s Aurora’s SunriseAtamian Hovsepian Curatorial PracticeAddress: 227 E 24th St, New YorkTicket Price: $5Link to Tickets Here…
Mahmoud Hamdi
, 2010
, 3 min
A Man Wanted to Play Drums by Mahmoud Hamdi is a rotoscope animation using scenes taken from the 2007 American film “The Visitor,” directed by Tom Macarthy. The film was produced for and exhibited at Cairo Documenta, one month before the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
