LOG-LINE

A hybrid feature documentary that delves into the Egyptian film history.

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SYNOPSIS

With the help of El Homossany, one of the oldest assistant directors in Egypt, Zedan, a young indie filmmaker, is making a documentary about Motawe Eweis, who has worked as an extra in about 1000 films in the Egyptian Cinema from the forties till now.

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ABOUT

The film was developed in DocMed 2013 and was selected in Dubai Film Connection 2013, Cairo International Film Festival Industry Forum 2014 and Final Cut in Venice 2014.

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FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Documentary

Format: HD 1920x1080

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Duration: 75 mins

Language: Arabic (Egyptian)

Subtitles: English

Country: Egypt

Year: 2017

 

PREVIOUS SCREENING

Sep. 2017 - El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt.

Apr. 2018 - Goethe Film Week, Egypt.

Apr. 2018 - Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt.

Apr. 2018 - Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon.

Oct. 2018 - National Film Festival for the Egyptian Cinema, Egypt.

Jan. 2019 - Sharjah Film Platform, UAE.

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AWARDS

Best Arab Feature Documentary - El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt 2017

Best Feature Documentary - Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon 2018

Best Documentary in the National Film Festival for the Egyptian Cinema, Egypt 2018

Best Documentary - Sharjah Film Platform 2019

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PRESS & REVIEWS

Oct. 2017 - Al-Ahram Weekly - Written by: Nahed Nasr

Q&A: Crew of I Have a Picture, El-Gouna Star winner, talk about filmmaking process (English)

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Oct. 2017 - Mada Masr - Written by: Bassam Mortada & Ahmed Refaat

عندي صورة: بين رومانسية السينما وسلطوية الصناعة (Arabic)

I Have a Picture: Between romanticized art and an authoritarian industry (English)

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Oct. 2017 - Al-Hayat - Written by: Ahmed Basha

عندي صورة: فلسفة الكومبارس الأخير (Arabic)

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Jan. 2018 - Al-Arab - Written by: Amir El-Emary

احتفال بعصر السينما والكومبارس هو البطل (Arabic)

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May 2018 - Manshoor - Written by: Yasmine Akram

عندي صورة: صراع أبدي بين الهامشي والأساسي (Arabic)

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LINKS

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