Egyptian/Middle Eastern Documentary Shorts – Part 2; Narrative.

Speaker / Curator: Sherif Awad, Film Critic for Egypt Today Magazine.

The Odessa Club, Dame Court, Dublin 2
FREE 6pm -8pm

Recent documentaries and narrative shorts from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. The selection on offer here includes work by filmmakers Dina Gamal, Mohamed Hamad, Karim Fanous, Shady Ishak and Mounira El-Solh. This DEAF Film Programme is stop 5 on the ‘Solus Irish/Arabian Avant-Garde Film Tour’

Born in Cairo, Sherif Awad is a film/video curator who has worked in Egypt’s most prestigious film festivals (Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia and Sharm) as a member of the selection committee, and as communications attaché and press editor. Awad is currently the Film/Art editor for Egypt Today Magazine, the leading English monthly magazine in Egypt. He also produces for film/art TV shows on satellite channels broadcasting in the pan-Arab area.

TITLES

The Body / By Dina Gamal / Short Documentary / 14 min / Egypt

Call Center / By Mohamed Hamad / Short Documentary / 18 min / Egypt

Clean Hands / By Karim Fanous / Short Narrative / 25 min / Egypt

Why? / By Shady Ishak / Short Narrative / 21 min / Egypt

The Sea is Stereo / By Mounira El-Solh / Short Documentary / 13 min / Lebanon

TOTAL DURATION: 91 minutes

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