ART WAR is the story of young, creative Egyptian Artists of the Arab Spring who, through the means of graffiti murals, rebellious music, art, and enlightenment, try to salvage their revolution from going under. The film follows revolutionary artists through 2,5 years of post-revolutionary anarchy, from the 2011 Arab Spring to the downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.

"ART WAR is a breathtaking, sensual story about the connection between ancient art from the age of the Pharaohs and modern Egyptian graffiti art and how it can still be used as a weapon with explosive political force today. Marco Wilms boldly follows his protagonists to chaotic scenes in the streets of Cairo and thus becomes part of this art with his camera. The film is an unmistakeable call for resistance to extremism." Jury DOK Leipzig, HONORARY MENTION

Filmmaker Bio

Marco Wilms is director and producer of HELDENFILM Berlin. Model in the GDR, he studied in Thailand and made cinema release documentaries like TAILOR MADE DREAMS, COMRADE COUTURE and ART WAR with major broadcasters in Europe and North America.

He recently spent two and half years with Egyptian street artists for his new film ART WAR, mostly as one-man guerilla film team during the Egyptian Spring riots. ART WAR won awards at DOK Leipzig, PRIX Telerama, PRIX Gilda Vieira de Mello Geneva, Amnesty Award Warsaw, PRIX du Jury FIFA Montreal and was selection for the main German film prize Lola at Berlinale.