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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA FILM PROGRAM - December 2010

December 11 to 14, 2010
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ DAY (December 11):
BAYN EL-SAMA WA EL-ARD (BETWEEN SKY AND LAND)
Directed by Salah Abou Seif
Egypt – Fiction – 1959 – 85 min.
(The B.A 100 Egyptian Films) 
THARTHARA FAWK EL-NIL (CHITCHAT ON THE NILE)
Directed by Houssen Kamal
Egypt – Fiction – 1971 – 115 min.
(Arabic dialogue with English subtitles) 
EL-MOUZNEBOUN (THE GUILTY)
Directed by Said Marzouk
Egypt – Fiction – 1976 – 120 min.
(The B.A 100 Egyptian Films) 
EL-GOOAE (THE HUNGER)
Directed by Ali Badrakhan
Egypt – Fiction – 1986 – 130 min.
(The B.A 100 Egyptian Films)
(Arabic dialogue with English subtitles)

December 18, 2010
Short Films from the “Video Moments” Film festival:
Video Art and Sound Creation
A film program curated by Marc Mercier

Great expectation, directed by Alexei Gubenco
Romania – 2008 – 3 min. 
Dance floor, directed by Charlotte Rousseau
France – 2009 – 3 min. 
Spin, directed by Max Hattler
UK/France/Germania – 2010 – 4 min. 
Nature Nature, directed by Hilda Daniel
USA/Singapore/Irak/India – 2005 – 2 min. 
Improvisations Urbaines, directed by Benjamin Juhel
France – 2009 – 9 min. 
Passages, directed by Inés Wickmann
Colombia/France – 2009 – 8 min. 
Annorstädes, directed by Hondartza Fraga
Spain – 2010 – 3 min. 
Who lives in my head?, directed by Margarida Paiva
Portugal/Norway – 2009 – 4 min. 
Hiddensee music from Sylt, directed by Malgorzta Czajowska
Poland – 2010 – 5 min. 
Die Nebensonne, directed by Stuart Pound
England – 2008 – 2 min. 
IPS, directed by Dominique Comtat
France – 2010 – 5 min. 
Corrida urbaine, directed by Marc Mercier
France – 2008 – 3 min.


December 19, 2010
Short Films from the “Video Moments” Film festival
An introduction to the history of Video Art
A film program curated by Marc Mercier

Sun in your head, directed by Gustavo Kortsarz
Argentina – 2008 – 4 min. 
Sun in your head, directed by Wolf Vostell
Germany – 1963 – 7 min. 
Dog duet, directed by William Wegman
USA – 1975 – 3 min. 
Dog duet, directed by Pascal Lièvre
France – 2009 – 3 min. 
The reflecting pool, directed by Pascal Lièvre
France – 2005 – 1 min. 
The reflecting pool, directed by Bill Viola
USA – 1979 – 7 min. 
The Great Suds your Duds Robbery, directed by Ira Schneider
USA – 1963 – 4 min. 
H2O #9, directed by Ira Schneider
USA – 2009 – 5 min. 
Ulcer Supreme, directed by Regina Vater
Brazil/USA – 2010 – 1 min.
Fluxus Films (extracts),
Films by Nam June Paik, Dick Higgins, George Maciunas and others.


December 20, 2010
Short Films from the “Video Moments” Film festival
Experimenting with Intersections
A film program curated by Ahmed Nabil


Mashi ya Basha, directed by Mark Lotfy
Egypt – 2010 – 6 min. 
The Trip, directed by Ahmed Nabil
Egypt – 2009 – 18 min. 
Looking for Woody, directed by Stephane Pachot
France – 1999 – 15 min. 
One Eye Open, directed by Ikon
Egypt/Japan – 2010 – 17 min.


December 26, 2010
ANIMATION FILM FORUM
In Collaboration with ASIFA Egypt
In the memory of the Egyptian Animation pioneer Ali Moheeb (1935 – 2010)
A screening of some of his work and a seminar with Dr. Ali Saad Moheeb


(Screenings start at 7 pm – Free Entrance)
(All Screenings are held in the Auditorium Hall)

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