Doors of Fear: El Naddaha
Abwab al khouf: El Naddaha
This episode of the unique Arbag horror series revolves around Adam Yassin (played by Amr Waked), a clairvoyant journalist who writes about unsolved mysteries with details that are only known to him and the people he writes about. He has a gift that enables him to contact another realm to find out things about these unsolved cases. This gift, however, plagues him in his personal life as he struggles with his visions and reality.
Also in this combined programme
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Rant
Developed through a series of intense workshops with an actress, the film investigates the psyche of an unspecified cultural operator – perhaps critic -
The A77A Project
The work is a 2-D and 3-D animation of a figure of the ancient gods, Anubis. A figure that dwells in the streets of urban… -
Revolution
An experimental screen is split into the three colors of the flag – Red, White and Black – which represent the three promises of the… -
Rice City
Beautifully crafted suspense in this stylish, black-and-white experimental Egyptian short that features a strong score by Nahla Mattar. -
In Search of a City (in the Papers of Sein)
Idler Sein’s perambulations become a layered declaration of love to the city of Cairo. Shot before, but edited after the Egyptian revolution.
Film details
- Country of production
- Egypt
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 42'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
