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Screen technician arrested for Faisal advertising billboards criticizing Sisi
An screen technician was arrested for his alleged involvement in broadcasting offensive messaging.
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An artistically lacking film at a morally lacking moment: The problematic rhetoric of ‘Gunshot’
An examination of “Gunshot,” the controversial film which premiered at the Gouna Film Festival
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Zawya cancels The Nile Hilton Incident screening, cites ‘involuntary circumstances’
Citing “involuntary circumstances,” Zawya Cinema announced yesterday that Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh’s The Nile Hilton Incident, which was set to screen as part of the 10th Panorama of…
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A letter about a nostalgic art tour: A screening and three exhibitions in Cairo
You were probably expecting this in a different format, but we’re living in a different time now
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Dubai film festival refuses to screen Egyptian movie ‘The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller’
The Dubai Film Festival has pulled out of screening the world premiere of the Egyptian movie The Unknown Sweet Potato Seller (Ba’a’ al-Batata al-Maghoul) for unspecified reasons. The…
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Cairo Film Festival and In The Last Days of the City team dispute screening agreement
The film was withdrawn because it has participated in a large number of festivals preceding CIFF.
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Tuk-tuk: Beautifully shot, unnecessarily long
Tuk-tuk is a portrait of three young teenage boys who, instead of going to school everyday, man some of the three-wheel vehicles that are a staple of Cairo's informal…
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A year of Sisi’s highs and lows
We have seen the many faces of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi throughout the year, from absolute glee at the announcement of major national projects, to disappointment at institutions…
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FestBeat: The multiformat Cairo Video Festival opens
Religious themes lend themselves nicely to the medium, and Nork Zakarian builds on this idea of ever-present video.
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Roger Anis on “Closets of Dreams”
As published on Time Lightbox: Why are many of the subjects in your photos people you already know? This is how I started my research, by asking people…
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Woman artists do well as CairoComix launches
The first edition of CairoComix got off to a good start on Wednesday evening. During a closed launch event, six awards were given out to recognize achievements in…
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Now That’s What I Call Arab Pop (vol 1): The rise of the soul-stealer
Video killed the radio star, but YouTube killed the music video channel, and thousands of video clips now mournfully play unwatched as mere background noise in our living…