Art Alert: Late actor Ali Hassanein commemorated with a screening of Ice Cream in Gleam at Zawya

Ahram Online , Thursday 3 Sep 2015

Zawya will screen Ice Cream in Gleam as part of its Sunday Screenings in celebration of Egyptian artists who passed away in 2015

Ice Cream in Gleam
Ali Hassanein in Ice Cream in Gleam (Photo: still from the film Ice Cream in Gleam)

Cairo’s art house cinema Zawya is scheduled to screen Ice Cream in Gleam (Khairy Beshara, 1992) on Sunday 6 September.

The film will be screened in honour of late Egyptian actor Ali Hassanein. It comes as part of the Sunday Screenings Zawya holds in celebration of Egyptian artists who passed away in 2015.

Hassanein died at the age of 76 on 12 August. His repertoire comprises of tens of films and television series alongside Egypt’s biggest stars.

Besides his role in Ice Cream in Gleam, Hassanein was also known for his secondary roles in films like The Kit Kat (Daoud Abdel-Sayed, 1991) and Searching for Sayed Marzouk (Daoud Abdel-Sayed, 1990).

English subtitles will be available.

Programme:
Sunday 6 September at 7:30pm
Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo

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