April 2024
Yazan Rabee, Ammar Obeid, Reem Al-Ghazz, Wael Kadlo
REVOLUTION OF THE WIND …
Yazan Rabee
, 2022
, 7 min
A chase, footsteps closing in; as you approach your house, it moves further away. This is a recurring nightmare, shared by many Syrians who have fled their homeland. At night they find themselves back in their hometowns, running, chased by invisible men. They’re looking for a safe place they can never reach. BACK dives into…
December 2023
Ateyyat El Abnoudy, Maged Nader, Mohamed Abdelkarim, Assem Hendawi
EGYPT: DREAM AND NIGHTMARES is a film program investigating questions of utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares in modern and contemporary Egypt following the army officers movement in 1952. This survey features works by filmmakers and artists from different generations who work across various film styles and narrative frameworks. The first three films – Permissible Dreams, Rawya, and Girls Still…
Mohamed Abdelkarim
, 2021
, 8 min
Synopsis: Gazing… Unseeing speculatively envisions a dystopian future scenario of an Egyptian city post-disaster. Floods have taken over the West Sahara, setting off a string of corporate and governmental measures to control the rioting population. The film is based on an interview with an imagined fugitive. Through different positions, ideological turns, and questions on economic sovereignty, the…
September 2023
Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri
EVERYWHERE WAS THE SAMEFeaturing Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri, and Mirene Arsanios In-person Sep 12, 2023 screening:at e-flux Screening Room at 7 pm ETScreening will be followed by a conversation with filmmakers Pegah Pasalar and Suneil Sanzgiri moderated by writer Mirene Arsanios.Address: 172 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205Get Tickets here Online Screening:…
Mounira Al Solh
, 2019
, 43 min
The artist spent 24 hours with each of four women—Rogine, Waad, Hanin, and Zeina—in the cities where they now live: Zutphen, Oslo, Washington DC, and Sharjah respectively. All four of them cannot live anymore in their countries of origin, Syria and Lebanon. Together, they share a moment of cooking, rolling on the floors of their…
