Art Alert: In Light of the Revolution at Cairo's cinema El-Fourn

Ahram Online , Friday 1 Apr 2016

The film, winner of the Salaam Film Prise 2015, is about women and art in Cairo during the January 2011 revolution

In Light of the Revolution
(Photo: still from In Light of the Revolution, part of the event's promotional material)

In Light of the Revolution by the Danish filmmakers Lone Falster and Iben Haahr Andersen will be screened on 10 April at the Cinema El-Fourn, an open-air cinema at Darb 1718.

Winner of the Salaam Film Prise 2015, the film is about eight women -- driven by empathy, satire and burning passion -- and art in Cairo during the January 2011 revolution. The film features artists: Huda Lutfi, Reem Shakweer, Nancy Mounier, Youssra el Hawary, Samaher el Qady, Cherine Amr, Shayma Kamel and Sabrine El Hossamy.

Lone Falster is a film director, educated at the Swedish film school 1989, and a member of Danish film directors. Her cinematography includes 30 films and television programmes.

In 'In Light of the Revolution' she cooperated with the Danish film director Iben Haahr Andersen.

Andersen is known for her work on The Element of Crime (1984), Ung i en pornotid (2004) and Bornholms stemme (1999).


Programme:
Sunday 10 April, 7.30pm
Film duration: 55 min.
Language: Danish, English and Arabic
Screening is private, registration required
Cinema El-Fourn, Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa street, El-Fakhareen, Old Cairo
           

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