Sherif Arafa: I present films to the public first before sending to festivals
“Don’t believe the director who says that success is in festivals and that receiving awards is more important than the box office’s success.”
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Veteran filmmaker Sherif Arafa to receive Faten Hamama Award at 41st CIFF
During the coming edition, the Faten Hamama Award will also be granted to the American-British director-actor-screenwriter Terry Gilliam.
Victims & Heroes of Egyptian Cinema (4): Sherif Arafa’s Terrorism & Kebab (1992) Â
As previously mentioned at the end of last week’s article, I will begin to trace how Egyptian cinema has talked about spaces where narratives of victimisation are produced and contested. Here, I would like to ask two main questions: what are the features of the space in which “victims” are situated? And how can the …