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This shorts program spotlights the works of up-and-coming female filmmakers from across the Arab world. The films explore themes of womanhood, family ties, ancestral heritage, sexuality, and coming-of-age stories. While not directly associated with her films, these shorts are presented in conversation with the works of our highlighted filmmaker Moufida Taltli. In line with Tlatli’s introspective style, the shorts expose the inner lives of women and their daily motions as they face difficult transitions or deal with the aftermath of a significant loss.
This program is curated by Nanor Vosgueritchian.
When her estranged father dies, Nadia is forced to revisit the past and the reasons that made him abandon her as a child in pursuit of his own dreams. She leaves Cairo, a city under aggressive construction, to empty her father’s long abandoned home in Helwan.
Filmmaker's bio:
RANDA AL
I is a filmmaker working between Egypt and the USA. Her work explores themes of alienation and the desire to connect in a constantly changing world through stories of individuals and their relationship with places. She is currently developing her first feature film, Rock, Paper, Sea, a coming-of-age story exploring girlhood in early 2000s Egypt. The project was awarded the CNC grand award at Aflamuna Conection and the Pop-Up Film Residency from Tatino Films.
In 2024, her short film Mango, an exploration of loss and grief through a daughter-father relationship, premiered at the Clermont- Ferrand Short Film Festival. For her film Kingdom of Strangers (2022), she was awarded the ARRI Franz Weiser grant. The film also received the Jury awards at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Cairo Int'l Shorts Film Festival and Beirut Shorts.
Randa is a graduate of UCLA's Directing MFA program, where she was recipient of a full-ride scholarship offered to female filmmakers from the Arab world.
- Year2024
- Runtime22 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryEgypt, United States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorRanda Ali
- ScreenwriterRanda Ali
- ProducerMuhammad Taymour
- CastMona ElHusseini, Yaqoub Al Masry, Hala Omar
- CinematographerGionatan Tecle
- EditorRanda Ali
- Production DesignLamis Soliman
- Sound DesignMoataz AlQammari
This shorts program spotlights the works of up-and-coming female filmmakers from across the Arab world. The films explore themes of womanhood, family ties, ancestral heritage, sexuality, and coming-of-age stories. While not directly associated with her films, these shorts are presented in conversation with the works of our highlighted filmmaker Moufida Taltli. In line with Tlatli’s introspective style, the shorts expose the inner lives of women and their daily motions as they face difficult transitions or deal with the aftermath of a significant loss.
This program is curated by Nanor Vosgueritchian.
When her estranged father dies, Nadia is forced to revisit the past and the reasons that made him abandon her as a child in pursuit of his own dreams. She leaves Cairo, a city under aggressive construction, to empty her father’s long abandoned home in Helwan.
Filmmaker's bio:
RANDA ALI is a filmmaker working between Egypt and the USA. Her work explores themes of alienation and the desire to connect in a constantly changing world through stories of individuals and their relationship with places. She is currently developing her first feature film, Rock, Paper, Sea, a coming-of-age story exploring girlhood in early 2000s Egypt. The project was awarded the CNC grand award at Aflamuna Conection and the Pop-Up Film Residency from Tatino Films.
In 2024, her short film Mango, an exploration of loss and grief through a daughter-father relationship, premiered at the Clermont- Ferrand Short Film Festival. For her film Kingdom of Strangers (2022), she was awarded the ARRI Franz Weiser grant. The film also received the Jury awards at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Cairo Int'l Shorts Film Festival and Beirut Shorts.
Randa is a graduate of UCLA's Directing MFA program, where she was recipient of a full-ride scholarship offered to female filmmakers from the Arab world.
- Year2024
- Runtime22 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryEgypt, United States
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorRanda Ali
- ScreenwriterRanda Ali
- ProducerMuhammad Taymour
- CastMona ElHusseini, Yaqoub Al Masry, Hala Omar
- CinematographerGionatan Tecle
- EditorRanda Ali
- Production DesignLamis Soliman
- Sound DesignMoataz AlQammari