Iskenderia - إسكندرية
Short Experimental / Video Art - 2012



Director/Editor
Mayye Zayed
Poster Designer
Amany Qutb
Producer
Mayye Zayed
Production
Wellesley College
Rufy's
SYNOPSIS
A montage of scenes from famous Egyptian fiction films, the documentary film "Sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace", Constantine P. Cavafy's poem "The City" and text from Michel de Certeau's book "The Practice of Everyday Life".
ABOUT
This video was made as a final project for "Godard & Varda" class in Wellesley College in USA in 2012.
Quoted Texts:
"The City"
- Written by: Constantine P. Cavafy
- Translated by: Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard
- Recited by: Katia Dandoulaki
"The Practice of Everyday Life"
- Written by: Michel de Certeau
Quoted Films:
- Sunken Ruins of Cleopatra Palace
- Alexandria Why, 1979 – Director: Youssef Chahine
- A Dinner Date, 1981 – Director: Mohamed Khan
- The Sixth Day, 1986 – Director: Youssef Chahine
- Dreams of Hind & Camilia, 1989 – Director: Mohamed Khan
- Hush & Listen, 1991 - Director: Sherif Arafa
- Ice Cream in Gleem, 1992 – Director: Khairy Beshara
- I Love Cinema, 2004 – Director: Oussama Fawzi
- Beach Bum, 2004 – Director: Ali Ragab
- Swimming Boltia, 2008 – Director: Ali Ragab
- Messages From The Sea, 2010 – Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Experimental/ Video Art
Format: DV NTSC 720x480
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Duration: 8 mins
Language: Arabic, Greek, English or French
Subtitles: Arabic or English or French
Countries: USA/Egypt
Year: 2012
SCREENINGS
Jun. 2015 - EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlans
Nov. 2014 - 4th Digital Marrakech Festival in Morocco
Nov. 2013 - Arab Camera Filmfestival Rotterdam in Netherlands
Oct. 2013 - 35th Cinemed International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier in France (Official Selection)
Jun. 2013 - The Visual Arts Festival Damascus in Istanbul, Turkey
Jun. 2013 - AXWFF (Another Experiment by Women Film Festival) in NY, USA
Apr. 2013 - DI-EGY FEST 0.1 in Cairo, Egypt
Feb. 2013 - The 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge in Berlin, Germany (Urban Research)
Nov. 2012 - The 25th INSTANTS VIDEO Festival in Milan, Italy
