A STROLL DOWN SUNFLOWER LANE
ذاكرة عبّاد الشمس
Genre: Hybrid
Duration: 14 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Year: 2016
Country of Production: Egypt
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English | French | German
SYNOPSIS
An old grandfather, a little granddaughter, an old house and some glimpses of memory. She was growing up building hers. He was getting old losing his. The film is a reenactment of the filmmaker's own memories with her late grandfather, using actors, Super 8, VHS cameras and TK tape recordings recorded by members of her family during her childhood.
TEAM
Director | Writer | Editor | Producer: Mayye Zayed
Cinematographer: Mohamad El-Hadidi
Sound Design & Mixing: Samir Nabil
Art Director: Ahmed Abul-Nasr
Poster & Press Kit Designer: Mohamad El-Hadidi
Cast: Ahmed Khalil & Jana Abdel Aziz
PRODUCTION
The film is produced by Rufy's Films. It was made within Analogue Zone #3 workshop, that was and organised by LaborBerlin (Berlin) and Cimatheque (Cairo) in partnership with LabA (Athens). The workshop was funded by the European Cultural Foundation, the Goethe Institut-Cairo, and the Berlin Senate
FILM SCREENINGS
- Berlinale (Forum Expanded), Germany 2016
- Rencontres de l’Image Film Festival, Egypt 2016
- FEST New Directors/New Films Festival, Portugal 2016
- Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia 2016
- Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema, France 2016
- Kasseler Dokfest, Germany 2016 AFI Fest, USA 2016
- Chicago Underground Film Festival 2017
- Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon 2017
- Fajr International Film Festival, Iran 2017
- Cairo Video Festival, Egypt 2017
AWARDS
- Best Experimental Film in Sharjah Film Platform, UAE 2019
- Best Independent Short in the National Film Festival for the Egyptian Cinema, Egypt 2018
- 2nd Prize in Nasser Bin Hamad International Youth Creativity Awards, Bahrain 2016.
- Hama Film Production Award in Rencontres de l'image Film Festival, Egypt 2016.
PRESS (Selected)
- IDA (Review, English)
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