“I’ll See You Tomorrow” represents the UAE at the “Alexandria Short Film Festival”
The UAE is participating in the activities of the twelfth session of the Alexandria Short Film Festival, with the film “Tomorrow I will See You”, which is a joint production with Egypt, directed by Moamen Yasser, and shown for the first time in the world, with a duration of 13 minutes.
The film tells the story of the tailor Salah, who weaves a different, new, and unprecedented love story with every dress he sews. The film embodies feelings of hope, absence, emptiness, and constant waiting.
The “Festival” activities will be held from April 27th to May 2nd, amid wide Arab cinematic participation, reflecting the diversity of visions and Arab cinematic experiences, in a new confirmation of the vitality of short cinema in the region.
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Among the films participating in the “Festival” is the Palestinian film “Cinema My Love,” by directors: Ibrahim Handal and Wissam Al-Jaafari. It is 15 minutes long and presents a human vision linked to the love of the “seventh art.”
Qatar is participating in the 15-minute film “Leave for the Memory,” directed by Ali Al-Hajri, as part of the first African screenings.
The “Festival” will also screen the film “Revolution of Anger” from Jordan, directed by Aisha Shahaltoug, with a duration of 17 minutes, and shown for the first time in Africa, along with the Egyptian film “Rooster of the Country,” directed by Natalie Mamdouh, with a duration of 20 minutes, and recording its world premiere.
The list also includes participating films, including the Tunisian film “The Screw”, directed by Raed Bousrih, which is 20 minutes long and is being shown for the first time. While the competition concludes with the film “Cup of Coffee”, a joint production between Lebanon and the United Kingdom, directed by Elio Tarabay, with a duration of 18 minutes, and shown for the first time on the African continent.
The management of the Alexandria Short Film Festival had previously revealed the official poster for the twelfth session, which was topped by the famous Alexandria tram, which is one of the most prominent symbols of the coastal city. The design, created by Cyril Maximus, was an artistic vision that blends reality with imagination, drawing inspiration from the long history of the tram, which formed an integral part of the city’s memory and its daily rhythm, despite its declining presence in the current scene.
The “Festival” receives great media, critical and public attention, given the artistic value presented by the selected films, and its previous 11 sessions have witnessed great success, since its launch by the “Alexandria Art Circle Association”, as it is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, the Tourism Promotion Authority, “Red Star”, and the Alexandria Governorate. The Supreme Advisory Board of the “Alexandria Short Film Festival” includes: director Yousry Nasrallah, and producer Safi El-Din Mahmoud. Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, interior designer Onsi Abu Saif, artist Sabri Fawaz, critic Ola Al-Shafi’i, producer Ahmed Fahmy, and artist Hana Shiha.
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