CROP was shot entirely on location at Al-Ahram, Egypt's biggest state newspaper. The film reflects on the power of the image during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.

Crop is an experimental documentary film. By putting images of Egypt's political leaders into historical perspective, the film reveals how the notion of image ‘framing' has been utilised by state-controlled media up until the present day. The soundtrack is composed of interviews with writer and media theorist Maria Golia and photographer Yasser Alwan.


Egypt / Germany, 2013

Directors: Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke
Scenario: Johanna Domke, Marouan Omara
Photography: Melanie Brugger
Editor: Johanna Domke, Emad Maher
Sound design: Bilgehan Özis
Music : Soura, Abdel Halim Hafez

Length: 52'
Film format: HDcam

Producer: Johanna Domke
Sales: Johanna Domke
Print source: Johanna Domke






2013 | 42nd IFFR - Festival International du Fllm de Rotterdam
* Selection - Spectrum Shorts
* World Premiere
* Screening - Close Encounters: Peripheral Images and Histories of the Present 2 / LantarenVenster 6 / Sat 26 Jan / 19:45
* Screening - Close Encounters: Peripheral Images and Histories of the Present 2 / LantarenVenster 6 / Sun 27 Jan / 22:00
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/crop/