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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Maydoum

    A poised and elegantly executed ensemble piece of understated, emotionally-nuanced brilliance. Second short film by independent filmmaker Omar Robert
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  • Sturm: Fayoum

    In the village of Abuxa in the governorate of Fayoum, the Nile’s water isn’t flowing like it once did. Here, capitalism cuts to the bone…
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  • Remarks on a Square

    Remarks on a Square is a series of videos shot during and after the uprising in Cairo, Egypt in 2011. The series consists of twelve…
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  • Another Passion

    Narrative film in which Yossry portrays her own struggle to study cinema, and the confrontations she had with her family.
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  • 678

    678 reveals revealing a raw side of Egypt that the world has barely seen. The film unfolds the poignant story of three women and their…
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  • Mount of Forgetfulness

    Improbable heroes overcome problems in Cairo in this new, fresh variation on Egyptian oral and musical culture.
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  • Hawi

    All the while improvising, El Batout shot this mosaic film set in Alexandria, where everybody is looking for something or someone. A prisoner is relea
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  • La sueur des palmiers

    ‘Palm sweat’ is a colourful metaphor for the changing situation in the Egyptian countryside. In an oasis village, all the healthy men follow a caravan
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  • Lucifer Rising

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  • El Mumia

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