Hypnotised by hope, an unknown city prepares to host the Olympics. Unfolding a utopian vision that is tinged with absurdity, the textual layers invite us to contemplate the values and dangers of acting against all odds. A melancholic celebration of collective belief and its persistence.
Also in this combined programme
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13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World
‘Never try to change anything,’ say tulips with faces. In his parody of educational films, Magdy’s humour has a cynical edge. -
Crystal Ball
A haze of grey covers the screen while sonar beeps echo through. Magdy’s camera looks through a crystal ball to find a familiar future. -
Investigating the Color Spectrum for the Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape
Using household chemicals for photographic processing, bold colours and smears cover the slides of Lanzarote’s barren landscape that appears like an u -
My Father Looks for an Honest City
Diogenes of Sinope carried a lamp in the daytime to ‘look for an honest man.’ Magdy’s father reenacts the gesture in the outskirts of Cairo. -
A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (with Coke, Vinegar and other Tear Gas Remedies)
Employing household liquids used as teargas remedies in the Middle East, bold stains obstruct the clarity of vision in the double slide projection wor -
Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship
Basim Magdy’s wide range of work extends from painting to filmmaking and photography. He blends fiction with reality by manipulating how images are re
Film details
- Country of production
- Egypt
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 19'
- Medium/Format
- File
