Update 6 December 2016: this film will premiere at Zawya Cinema at 7:30 on Wednesday, 7 December for one week. In the four years following the January 25 Revolution, the majority of Egypt’s youth have experienced wave after wave of intense emotions, ranging from hope to despair and plenty in between. As they witnessed their hopes vaporize and vanish in thin air, many of the once optimistic young Egyptians have recoiled into a sphere of silence. During these moments of silence, one’s inner voices grow loudest, reconnecting the surfacing memories and dwelling thoughts. Seeing how narration is the only way to free oneself from the captivity of those silent voices within, film director Karim Shaaban set out to narrate the many untold stories of those who have become alienated in their own homeland. Together with director of photography Habby Khalil, Shaaban spoke to Egyptian Streets about their latest production, Fi Youm (In a Day). Under the category of long feature films, Fi Youm has been selected as Egypt’s only competing film in the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition – taking place within the 37th Cairo International Film Festival which has kick started on Wednesday. “Whether the audience like the…
Fi Youm: Egyptian Independent Film Raises the Bar for Filmmaking in Egypt
November 12, 2015
