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Current Egyptian Cinema Madrid
From November 07, 2014 until November 28, 2014
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These are serious pictures in terms of their production, and they are also innovative in terms of their subject matter and how it is dealt with.
Casa Árabe will be screening four recently produced Egyptian films at its Madrid headquarters from June 13 to July 4.
Without a doubt, Egypt can feel proud about having the most important and veteran film industry in the Arab world, with the most widespread distribution. This selection in particular offers a diverse portrait of the new generation within this industry, as old as it is innovative. These are serious pictures in terms of their production, and they are also innovative in terms of their subject matter and how it is dealt with. All of them were recently produced (from 2009 to 2013).
Two of the films being shown were directed by great filmmakers with very well-established production companies (One/Zero and Messages from the Sea), whereas the other two are works by young directors and emerging producers who finance their films using innovative, flexible methods, with the goal of opening the way for new talent within Egypt’a film industry.
By a stroke of luck that we find delightful, three of the four films were directed by women, which reflects the innovative and important change characterizing the new wave of Egyptian cinema: the growing presence of women in the field of film direction, marking a difference with prior times, when women focused only on interpretation and, to a lesser degree, on writing.
The objectives of these screenings, proposed by the National Film Center in Cairo and translated and subtitled by Casa Árabe, is to contribute to bringing Egypt closer to the minds and hearts of movie viewers in Madrid.
Without a doubt, Egypt can feel proud about having the most important and veteran film industry in the Arab world, with the most widespread distribution. This selection in particular offers a diverse portrait of the new generation within this industry, as old as it is innovative. These are serious pictures in terms of their production, and they are also innovative in terms of their subject matter and how it is dealt with. All of them were recently produced (from 2009 to 2013).
Two of the films being shown were directed by great filmmakers with very well-established production companies (One/Zero and Messages from the Sea), whereas the other two are works by young directors and emerging producers who finance their films using innovative, flexible methods, with the goal of opening the way for new talent within Egypt’a film industry.
By a stroke of luck that we find delightful, three of the four films were directed by women, which reflects the innovative and important change characterizing the new wave of Egyptian cinema: the growing presence of women in the field of film direction, marking a difference with prior times, when women focused only on interpretation and, to a lesser degree, on writing.
The objectives of these screenings, proposed by the National Film Center in Cairo and translated and subtitled by Casa Árabe, is to contribute to bringing Egypt closer to the minds and hearts of movie viewers in Madrid.
[Excerpts from a text by Ayman Zaineldine, Ambassador of Egypt in Spain]
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One / Zero
November 07, 20147:30 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9) 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.Screening of the film by Kamla Abou Zekry (Egypt, 2009, 105 min.), as part of the Egyptian cinema film series.Set during a soccer match between the national teams of Egypt and Cameroon at the African Cup, the events in the movie take place in the span of one day. The film narrates the concerns of a series of characters caught up in complicated relationship, from different sectors of society, at a time when each of them is frantically searching for a way out of their harsh reality. All of these characters will meet up at the end of the day in a collective celebration over the results of the match.
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Messages from the Sea
November 14, 20147:30 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9) 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.Screeing of this film by Daoud Abdel Sayed (Egypt, 2012, 130 min.), as part of the Eyptian cinema film seriesUsing a poetic style, the film focuses on a young doctor named Yehia who, because he suffers from a speech impediment, gradually leaves his regular life behind and travels to Alexandria to work as a fisherman. There he begins a new life, in which he crosses paths with a wide range of characters, each with their own story that influences his fate in a different way. -
Asham: A Man Called Hope
November 21, 20147:30 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9) 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.Screening of the film by Maggie Morgan (Egypt, 2013, 87 min.), as part of the Egyptian cinema film series.With tumultuous Cairo on the verge of change as a backdrop, this movie presents six stories about six couples whose paths cross. All of these married couples’ lives revolve around ambition, frustration and hope. They are connected to each other during important stages of their lives through one person, who is not chosen by chance, a traveling salesman who goes by the name of “Hope.” -
Villa 69
November 28, 20147:30 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9) 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.Screening of the film by Ayten Amin (Egypt, 2013, 120 min.), as part of the Egyptian cinema film series.This film tells the story of Hussein, who lives all alone, isolated inside his home. He gets “visited” by characters from his past, who break up his isolation and his self-centered lifestyle, which will later change after the arrival of his sister and his nephew Seif. Thanks to this, he begins to perceive a radical change in his rigid concept of life.