Signals: Power Cut
Overview of films
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The Story of Milk and Honey
Basma Alsharif | 10' | Lebanon | None
An unknown author fails to write a love story as images and sounds develop into a search for human perception of history and truth. -
Sturm: Ahmonseto
Philip Rizk | 6' | Egypt | None
In the Ahmonseto textile factory, capitalism cuts to the bone and the workers pay the price. -
Sturm: Fayoum
Philip Rizk | 5' | Egypt | None
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… -
The Sun’s Incubator
Ammar Al- Beik | 11' | Syria | None
Life of a young family as they witness revolutions and birth, misery and hope, interlinked by the will to achieve change. -
They Were Here
Ammar Al- Beik | 8' | Syria | None
Homage to the old steam engine plant of Damascus, once a symbol of optimistic belief in development, but now a deserted and desolate place. -
The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
Rania Stephan | 68' | Lebanon | None
A rapturous elegy to a rich and versatile era of film production in Egypt through the work of one of its most revered stars, Soad… -
Transparent Evil
Roy Samaha | 27' | Germany | International premiere
Having travelled to Egypt to complete a commissioned work, the artist and his friend get caught up in the events of the Egyptian revolution. -
Trespass the Salt
Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala | 11' | Lebanon | World premiere
An investigation of the nuanced relationship of Europe and the Middle East through a fictitious and lavish feast, where humour and the grotesque conve -
Two Cities and a Prison
Soudade Kaadan | 39' | Syria | None
An experimental theatre project is touring Syria. Through interactive plays, they investigate violence in its different forms and question traditional