Bibliotheca Alexandrina Film Program November 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010
SHORT FILM FORUM: FILMS FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, in collaboration with Dubai Film Festival
"ARABANA", Directed by Nayla El-Khaja, U.A.E – Fiction – 2006 – 7 min.
"HOBOOB" Directed by Said Salmeen El-Murry, U.A.E – Fiction – 2005 – 23 min.
"ANNA RAGOUL" (I AM A MAN). Directed by Shamna Abu Nawas & Sahar El-Khatib, U.A.E – Documentary – 2006 – 19 min.
"MARRAYA EL-SAMT" (MIRROS OF SILENCE), Directed by Nawaf El-Janahi, U.A.E – Fiction – 2006 – 16 min.
"WAGH ALEK" (STUCK FACE), Directed by Manal Ali Ben Amro, U.A.E – Experimental – 2007 – 6 min.
"TENBAK", Directed by Abd Allah Hassan Ahmed, U.A.E – Fiction – 2007 – 26 min.
(All films are subtitled in English)

Thursday, November 11, 2010
Plaza Project Screenings – Second Edition
"Da Mosh Pipe" (This is not a Pipe), Directed by Dina Abdel Salam, Egypt – Fiction – 2010 – 12 min.
"Esswed Melawwen" (Coloured Black), Directed by Ahmed El-Samra, Egypt – Fiction – 2010 – 11 min.
"Emel Da" (Let’s Do It), Directed by Mark Lotfy, Egypt – Fiction – 2010 – 13 min.
"Nosskha Shabeyya" (A Local Copy), Directed by Islam Kamal, Egypt – Fiction – 2010 – 19 min.
(The Screening is followed by a seminar with the directors)

Sunday, November 14, 2010
DOCUMENTARY FILM FORUM
"Ila Abee" (TO MY FATHER), Directed by Abd El-Salam Shehada, Palestine – Documentary – 2008 – 52 min.
(Arabic with English subtitles)

Sunday November 21 to Thursday November 25, 2010
ARAB CINEMA: MOROCCAN CLASSICS
"SHAMS EL-RABEE" (THE SPRING SUN), Directed by Latif Lahlou, Morocco – Fiction – 1969 – 86 min.
"WASHMA" (SIGN), Directed by Hamid Benani, Morocco – Fiction – 1970 – 110 min.
"CHERGUI – EL-SAMT EL-ANIE" (CHERGUI OR THE VIOLENT SILENCE), Directed by Moumen Smihi, Morocco – Fiction – 1975 – 90 min.
"EL-SARAB" (THE MIRAGE), Directed by Ahmed Bouanaui, Morocco – Fiction – 1979 – 100 min. "SAEI EL-BARID" (THE POST MAN), Directed by Hakim Noury, Morocco – Fiction – 1980 – 85 min.
(All in Arabic with English subtitles)

Sunday, November 28, 2010
ANIMATION FILM FORUM: Armenian Retrospective Program, Curated by Vrej Kassouny
"The Dog and the Cat", Directed by L.Atamanov
Armenia – Animation - 1938 - 10min.
"A Drop of Honey", Directed by V.Podpomogov
Armenia – Animation – 1968 - 12min.
"Vin the Penguin", Directed by S.Andranikyan
Armenia – Animation – 1972 – 10min.
"Abu-Hasan’s Shoes", Directed by R.P.Babayan
Armenia – Animation – 1974 – 10min.
"The Foxbook", Directed by Robert Sahakyants
Armenia – Animation – 1975 – 10 min
"Kikos", Directed by Robert Sahakyants
Armenia – Animation – 1979 – 9 min
"The Mice Meeting", Directed by L.Sahakyants
Armenia – Animation – 1978 – 10 min
"A Tale about a Mirror", Directed by A.Manaryan
Armenia – Animation – 1982 – 10 min
"The One Street War", Directed by G.Martirosyan
Armenia – Animation – 1989 – 10 min
"The Advices to American Traveler", Directed by Yu.Muradyan
Armenia – Animation – 1990 – 9 min
"Prediction", Directed by David Sahakyanc
Armenia – Animation – 2003 – 8 min
"This Way Every Evening", Directed by A.Andranikyan
Armenia – Animation – 1987 – 8 min
"The Big", Directed by V. Kassouny
Armenia – Animation – 2004 – 10 min
"To the Down", Directed by N. Muradyan
Armenia – Animation – 2008 – 4 min
"Daredevils of Sasun" (A five minutes extract of the film), Directed by Arman Manaryan
Armenia – Animation – 2010 – 8 min
(The Screening is followed by a seminar with the Armenian director Vrej Kassouny)

All Screenings start at 7:00 PM and are held in the Auditorium Hall, except for the Plaza project films, that is to be held in the Great Hall. Free Entrance.