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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) events: April 21-28, 2013

The D-CAF is in its final week with events coming to a close on April 28. Make sure you catch some of the events in the heart of Downtown this April!
 
Cancellation of Sunday film & talk on "Underground/On the Surface" on Sunday April 21
Monday April 22


Face the Vitrine An installation in a public storefront where artists Ganzeer and Yasmin ElAyat explore how people react to being observed when the act is exposed. Passersby become involuntary participants. Installation continues till April 28. Times 10 AM to 5 PM and 6 PM to Midnight daily

Face the Vitrine

The Thing Next Door Film screening. Dir: Antje Hubert. Germany 2012, 96 min, nonviolent protest against nuclear power plant. German with Arabic subtitles – Falaki Theater, 7 PM


Tuesday April 23
Face the Vitrine
Tous au Larzac Film screening. directed by Christian Rouaud, France 2011, 118 min, French with English and Arabic subtitles – Falaki Theater, 7 PM

Wednesday April 24
Face the Vitrine

I’m Nobody’s Shadow
by Marion & Ghazi (France-Tunisia) – combining live, interactive video and shadow theatre performance – Hotel Viennoise, 4 PM and again at 6 PM

AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, directed by Alison Klayman, USA 2012, 91 min, portrait of Chinese artist/activist. English and Mandarin with Arabic and English subtitles – Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus, 7 PM.
Followed by talk with director Alison Klayman

Thursday April 25
Face the Vitrine
I’m Nobody’s Shadow
by Marion & Ghazi (France-Tunisia) – combining live, interactive video and shadow theatre performance – Hotel Viennoise, 4 PM and again at 6 PM

Le Prince Sequestre

By Compagnie L’entreprise (France), written and directed by François Cervantes. Performance in French with Arabic subtitles. Falaki Theatre on Thursday April 25 and Friday April 26. 8:00 PM – Duration: 60 minutes. Ticket price: 20 LE (10 LE for students)

10pm Emel Mathlouthi + Dina El Wedidi (Egypt) neo-folk
(Tunisia) folk/electro/other – Qasr El Nil Theatre - among the most promising and strongest female Arab-world vocalists
Friday April 26
Face the Vitrine

Alice
, a site-specific theatre show by Sawsan Bou Khaled and Hussein Baydoun (Lebanon). Nightmares of a young woman turn into material reality. Arabic – Hotel Viennoise 6pm

Saturday April 27
Face the Vitrine

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT a play by Nassim Soleimanpour (Iran), performed by Sayed Ragab Performance in Arabic -
Falaki Theatre, 7 PM. Tickets: 20 LE (students 10 LE)

Sunday April 28

Face the Vitrine

I’m Nobody’s Shadow
by Marion & Ghazi (France-Tunisia) – combining live, interactive video and shadow theatre performance – Hotel Viennoise, 4 PM and again at 6 PM

Alice, a site-specific theatre show by Sawsan Bou Khaled and Hussein Baydoun (Lebanon). Arabic – Hotel Viennoise 6pm. Free.

Edutainment:EuroMed Conference: Ideas and Practices regarding Cultural Exchange in the Mediterranean – closed door event organised in collaboration with Fondation Réné Seydoux (France) - Public debate coordinated by the René Seydoux Foundation
Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus, 3:00 PM


FINALE NIGHT. MAKE YOUR MOVE dance competition. By invitations only. 8 pm.

Please check d-caf.org for more.

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