International Competition
East of Noon / East of Noon
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 12.15pm
- Tagore
Screening 2
- 16th December
- 9.00 am
- Kairali
Screening 3
- 19th December
- 6.15 pm
- Kalabhavan
Hala Elkoussy
Director's bio
Hala Elkoussy
Hala Elkoussy (Egypt, 1974) is a visual artist who works across a variety of media: photography, video, installation, sculpture. She has produced a number of short films that were screened in exhibitions and film festivals around the world among which the Istanbul Biennial, Tate Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou. Her artwork features in the collections of Tate Modern, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Jameel Collection among others. She obtained her BA from the American University in Cairo and her MA from Goldsmith College, University of London. In 2004, she co-founded Cairo Image Collective, the first space dedicated to the image in the Region. In 2006, she completed a two-year Residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten. In 2010, she received the Abraaj Capital Prize. In 2014, she set up Fotomasr, an archive of photographs from Egypt from the 19th Century to the 1970s. Cactus Flower her first feature film participated at Fabrique Cinemas Du Monde and went on to premiere in International Film Festival Rotterdam. It received Best Actress Award at the Dubai International Film Festival and Special Jury Award in Aswan International Women’s Film Festival. It is currently screening on Netflix. In 2020, Elkoussy chaired the board of De Appel Amsterdam. Her second feature film East of Noon is premiering in Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes.
Synopsis
Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy Abdo (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman Shawky (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller Jalala (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world.
Details of Cast
Ahmed Kamal as SHAWKY THE SHOWMAN Menha El Batroui as GALALA THE STORYTELLER Omar Rozeik as ABDO GALALA Fayza Shama as NUNNA “LOLLY”
Details of Crew
Abdelsalam Moussa (Cinematography)
Producer Details
vriza productions | Nu’ta Films | seriousFilm Lonnie Van Brummelen | Hala Elkoussy Abdelsalam Moussa | Marc Thelosen
Writer Details
Hala Elkoussy
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