CAIRO CINEMA DAYS
from
01 May 2017
UNTIL
31 May 2017
Cairo Cinema Days (Ayam Al Qahera Al Cinema’ya) is a showcase of Arab cinema programmed by Zawya. The event, which is set to take place between May 9-16, features a selection of around 40 short, feature and documentary films that have come out of the Arab world over the past two years. Ayam El Qahera El Cinema'eya is an opportunity for audiences in Egypt to engage with the contemporary cinematic worlds of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan and Egypt through a presentation of an eclectic selection of films whose distribution and exhibition remains quite limited, both regionally and internationally, compared to their mainstream counterparts. In addition to featuring a wide array of recent productions, the festival also includes screenings of some of Arab cinema’s historical landmarks as well as panels, workshops and Q&A sessions with filmmakers in attendance
PROGRAM FILMS
DEAR ANIMAL
Shot between Cairo and different locations in India, the film Dear Animal weaves together a short st...
BEIRUT,OH BEIRUT
Beirut Oh Beirut has been done as a graduation film; it’s Maroun Bagdadi's first feature, set agains...
MIMOSAS
An elderly sheikh, nearing death, seeks to travel to his birthplace in the Atlas Mountains so he may...
104 WRINKELS
Hady follows his grandmother Henriette as she ages and crosses the centenarian milestone to reach 10...
THE BOY AND THE SEA
Once there was a boy who loved drawing the sea. One day, he dove into the sea, hoping to escape war....
GAZA SURF CLUB
Gaza – a strip of land with 1.7 million citizens – has 26 miles of coastline, with a harbour that no...
THE VISIT
A World Bank inspection team arrives at an Egyptian village to assess its transformation of agricult...
A MAID FOR EACH
" We're all familiar with the existence of maids in our daily lives as we're accustomed to the influ...
MARE NOSTRUM
On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter’s life at risk
IDLE BY THE SEA
We’re covered with impermeable skin and our eyes are turned outwards. How easy it is to forget what ...
THE PARROT
A Mizrahi Jewish family from Tunisia, who tries to settle into their new life in 1948 Haifa, Palesti...
INVESTIGATING PARADISE
Nedjma, a young investigative journalist at a daily newspaper, is seeking paradise—but not just any ...
THE LAST OF US
N is a young sub-Saharan man who crosses the desert in order to reach North Africa and be smuggled i...
THE BEACH HOUSE
The Beach House is a film about four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideolo...
NYERKUK
After having lost his father in an air raid Adam, a ten-year-old boy, is forced to flee to the city,...
HOUSES WITHOUT DOORS
The film portrays the changes in the life of an Armenian family on Aleppo’s frontline in Al Midan, a...
TRAMONTANE
Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. His life unravels when he applies for...
NOW: END OF SEASON
Garage Izmir is in the mthousands iddle of the long migratory journey that of Syrian refugees pass t...
ONE PLUS ONE MAKES A PHARAOH’S CHOCOLATE CAKE
One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh’s Chocolate Cake documents the process of a week of meetings in Cairo b...
ONE WEEK, TWO DAYS
A delicate exploration of the highs and lows of intimacy between Leila and Ibrahim, a loving couple,...
SUBMARINE
Under the imminent threat of Lebanon’s garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the ...
SUICIDAL NOTIONS
A woman’s sudden death and a discovered family secret disrupt everyone’s lives. After Marwa buries h...
OFF FRAME AKA REVOLUTION UNTIL VICTORY
Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory is a meditation on the Palestinian struggle for production an...
FOYER
A piece of blank white paper placed and pulsating before a camera’s lens attracts a crowd of passers...
IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN
In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archae...
ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW
2009. Zaineb is nine years old and has lived with her mother and younger brother in Tunis since her ...
THE DARK WIND
Reko (33) and Pero (23) are a Yazidi couple preparing for their wedding, when ISIS fighters attack t...
A MAGICAL SUBSTANCE FLOWS INTO ME
A portrait of Palestinian and Mizrahi (Eastern Jewish) musics in Palestine/Israel today, in dialogue...
OUT OF LIFE
Out of Life tells the gripping story of a French journalist taken hostage in war torn Beirut. As the...
WE ARE ALL FOR THE FATHERLAND
This film gives an account of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon through meetings and interviews with c...
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL MOTHERS
This film is inspired by a song by Marcel Khalifeh based on a poem by Hassan Al Abdallah. Its starti...
BEZNESS AS USUAL
The Dutch filmmaker Alex Pitstra, born Karim Alexander Ben Hassen, is 25 when he receives a letter f...
WE ARE JUST FINE LIKE THIS
Baba Azizi is an old man that was not spared by illness. Passed around from house to house of his di...
THOSE WHO REMAIN
Al Shambouk is one of the highest mountainous areas in Lebanon. It is located in the Akkar heights, ...