The All-Hearing
An ode to loudspeaker libertarianism, Abu Hamdan’s work frequently deals with the relationship between listening and borders. In The All-Hearing we are introduced to Cairo’s omnipresent noise pollution and determination to have the issue of noise heard, despite sanctions from Egypt’s new military government.
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Endless, Nameless
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A Minute Ago
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YOU ME AND IT
With frantic energy, supernatural comic timing and a rogues’ gallery of actors, YOU ME AND IT traces a world where cruelty is ticklish but always… -
Zero Irony
Contemporary structuralist film that finds its form in a series of poetic, repeating loops, set atop a soundtrack of 21st-century prayer requests.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Egypt, Netherlands
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- File
