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GIZA SUMMER FILM
FESTIVAL
We are working
on the programming now.
Check back
next week (June 2010) for dates and program
Thank you
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GIZA FILM FESTIVAL
Fridays at 8 pm
Nov. 13, Nov. 20
Dec. 11
Jan. 8, Jan. 15
We provide the films
You provide the movie potluck
and the rsvp - required.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 8 pm
"WHATEVER LOLA WANTS"
Lola (Laura Ramsey)
is struggling to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer in New York,
but the auditions are disheartening and the rejections are piling up.
On top of it all her day job as a mail carrier is beginning to look
more and more like a permanent gig. By chance, during one of many evenings
she spends commiserating with Yussef, her gay Egyptian neighbor, she's
captivated when he shows her an old video featuring the seductive belly
dancing of Ismahan, one of Egypt's biggest stars. Fate soon intervenes
again when Lola happens to meet Zach, a handsome Egyptian attending
business school in the United States. The two start a whilwind romance,
and through a series of twists, Lola finds herself in Cairo, where she
decides to track down the reclusive Ismahan for lessons. There she learns
not only the secrets of orienta ldance but also the secret of Ismahan's
mysterious past. Director Nabil Ayouch uses Lola's hilariously corn-fed
naivete as a vehicle to explore the comic misunderstandings of cross-cultural
love and the underlying prejudices of both Eastern and Western culture.
He also casts a loving eye over the glorious art of oriental dance and
those who practice it. Lola manages to win hearts and success in the
most unorthodox fashion and to open doors that would otherwise be closed
to a blonde American. Shot on sets in Moroccan studios, Whatever
Lola Wants is surprisingly effective in evoking Cairo. This modern-day,
global fairytale offers plenty of dancing, sparkling costumes, and a
rousing soundtrack - in short, it's loads of fun.
1hr
40 min. Festival version
Dubai International Film Festival, + 44 prizes at international festivals.
Most audience preference awards of any film in 3 years.)
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 8 pm
"THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN"
Set in the rustic port of Sete, The
Secret of the Grain follows Slimane whose growing dissatisfaction
with the shipyard job he's had for the last 35 years prompts him to
try to open his own restaurant. his dream seems out of reach, but his
contagious conviction and persistence work their way into the hearts
of his loyal but dispersed family; the four children from his first
marriage, his ex-wife, current girlfriend and her bright, outspoken
dauther, Rym.
151 minutes
Winner of numerous awards
César Award, 2008:
Best French Film
Best Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Best Original Screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche
Most Promising Actress: Hafsia Herzi
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2007
Best Director (Eurasia Film Festival): Abdellatif Kechiche
Venice Film Festival, 2007:
Special Jury Prize (ex-æquo / tie, with I'm Not There)
Marcello Mastroianni Prize (for actor or actress in a début role):
Hafsia Herzi
SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention: Abdellatif Kechiche
Nominated: Golden Lion
Louis Delluc Prize, 2007
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 - 8 pm
"DUNIA
- KISS ME NOT ON THE EYES"
The cast of A-list Egyptian talent includes
singer/actor Mohammad Mounir and Hanan Turk. Dunia has received
international acclaim from many film festivals but it stirred controversy
when it was screened at Cairo's International Film Festival.
The audience and critics attending the screening were divided between
those who supported and those who attacked the film. Some accused her
(Lebanese director/writer Jocelyn Saab) of defaming Egypt’s image
abroad by shooting scenes in Cairo’s slums. Others were eager to
defend her, supporting the film’s stance against female circumcision
and its call for intellectual freedom
"I had no messages," said Saab. "My message was to take
pleasure in seeing this film and then if you want to think, if you want
to change your mind, [if] you want to talk about it, go [ahead]."
The film follows Dunia, literally "World" (Hanan Turk) as
she discovers the worlds of poetry and dance. Both symbolize her attempts
to venture into life, breaking taboos and discovering her inner self.
Mounir plays Professor Beshir, a literaure teacher who "taught
her not to be afraid of words," as Saab described, and Walid Aouni
plays her dance instructor, who "taught her not to be afraid of
her body."
The film jumps from realism to symbolism, using dance and poetry.
112 minutes
Prix du public, Festival
international de films de Fribourg, Montreal World Film Festival, Dubai
International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Singapore International
Film Fetival and Cairo Film Festival
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 - 8 pm
"WHEN THE VOICES FADE"- 2009 Premiere
When the Voices Fade is a portrait
of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict seen through the eyes of a Lebanese-American
dance instructor, Nadia, and an Israeli Defense Forces pilot, Amir.
When the 2006 war breaks out, Amir is called back to duty, for When
the Voices Fade is a portrait of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict seen
through the eyes of a Lebanese-American dance instructor, Nadia, and
an Israeli Defense Forces pilot, Amir. When the 2006 war breaks out,
Amir is called back to duty, forcing him to evaluate his moral objections
to serving again. After Nadia and Amir coincidently meet at a coffee
shop, Amir’s decision to return to Israel becomes more complicated.
Amir’s best friend, Eli, returns to Israel to pledge his service
to the army. Nadia’s sister refuses to leave her home in Beirut,
the seemingly “safe-haven” of Lebanon, increasing her mother’s,
Leila, emotional angst. Despite the powerful voices who are in opposition
to Nadia’s and Amir’s respective sides, they are both able
to reconcile their differences, until Beirut is bombed.
21 minutes
Erika Cohn, Director
Shown with
"THE BAND'S
VISIT"
On an ordinary day, the Alexandria Ceremonial
Police Orchestra arrives in Israel from Egypt for a cultural event,
only find there is no delegation to meet them, nor any arrangements
to get to their destination of Petah Tiqva. When they find their own
ride, they arrive instead at the remote town of Beit Hatikva. Stuck
there until the next morning's bus, the band, lead by the repressed
Tawfiq Zacharaya, gets help from the worldly lunch owner, Dina, who
offers to put them up for the night. As the band settles in as best
it can, each of the members attempts to get along with the natives in
their own way. What follows is a special night of quiet happenings and
confessions as the band makes its own impact on the town and the town
on them.
Eran Kolirin, Director
86 minutes
This witty foreign-language
film nabbed the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes Film Festival 2007
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 - 8 pm
"JOURNEY OF DESIRE: A FOREIGN DANCER IN CAIRO"
Photos by Sherif Sonbol
In association with Farida Dance, Yasmina
has written and produced this full-length part documentary, part performance
film, directed by Sara Farouk.
Yasmina says: “This film begins with my own personal journey through
ten years of dancing in Cairo, and endeavours to answer the question
I have been so frequently asked: why would a well-educated middle class
western woman, living in comfort and surrounded by family and friends,
chose to give up all that and become a dancer in Cairo? To become part
of a profession that in the Middle East is not considered respectable,
to live in an alien culture, to struggle through a maze of beaurocratic
impediments, linguistic misunderstandings and physical and artistic
challenges – just to perform on a Cairo nightclub stage? “It
includes a mix of footage documenting the ‘Cairo experience’,
and although it is seen through my eyes, I think many dancers the world
over will be able to find things in it they recognize and identify with.
Although Journey of Desire
is a low budget production, the makers have had the advantage and luxury
of time and inside knowledge to put this film together. It has no outside
agenda, no axe to grind, and is made by and for lovers of Egyptian dance.”
11th
Giza Awards - Best Cultural Documentary
*****
Giza Club Summer Film
Festival - 2008
Sundays at 3 - June 29, July 12 and
July 27
Sunday June 29 at 3 pm
KarKar
KarKar el Hennawy has a terrible
accident on his wedding day that renders him completely crazy.
El Sebou'
This documentary celebrates
the newborn's crossing from a neutral gender and status into a world
of gender differentiation and family hierarchy.
Aida Nour
and a
few dancers other Nile Group & Ahlan wa Sahlan videoed by Amina
2006
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