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2026

  • 2026
Genre : Fantasy
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Short
Running time : 9 (in minutes)

A time traveller recounts his vision of the future of the Pyramids area, and by extension Egypt, in the year 2026.

Based on a text from the recent Egyptian novel The Revolution of 2053 by Mahmoud Uthman, and referencing a scene from Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962).


Cast: Ahmad Kamal

Director: Maha Maamoun
Scenario: Mahmoud Osman
Photography: Maha Maamoun
Editor: Louly Seif, Maha Maamoun
Production design: Doa Aly, Tamer Eissa

Length: 9'
Film format: DCP

Producer: Maha Maamoun
Sales : Maha Maamoun
Print source: Maha Maamoun


2013 | 42nd IFFR - Festival International du Fllm de Rotterdam
* Selection - Spectrum Shorts
* Screening - Close Encounters: Peripheral Images and Histories of the Present 1 - LantarenVenster 6 - Sat 26 Jan - 14:15
* Screening - Close Encounters: Peripheral Images and Histories of the Present 1 - LantarenVenster 6 - Sun 27 Jan - 19:30
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/2026/

Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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