Karim [real: Omar Al Shamy]

  • Karim [real: Omar Al Shamy]
© Courtesy of Visions du Réel 2012, Nyon
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Short
Running time : 11 (in minutes)

Two street children in Cairo. Stationed in front of McDonald's, Karim - a real case! - earns a crust or two by parking cars, with his mate. From his spontaneous dialogue with these marginalized but lively young people, the filmmaker paints a telling portrait of life in Egypt, a world removed from Tahrir Square. A striking counterpoint to the flood of images and talk about the Arab revolution.

A film by Omar AL SHAMY

Egypt / France, 2011, documentary, 11 mins

Graduation film: Workshops in Egypt (3 weeks) - Cairo
Themes: Youth, Urban life





Director
Omar Al Shamy

Original title: KARIM
Duration: 11 min
Language: Arabic
French subtitles
Themes: Youth, Urban life
Key words: Poverty Money Get along Marginality
Filming location: Cairo
Recording format: DV Cam
Tags: Youth, Urban life
Filming location: Cairo

Director: Omar Al Shamy (Omar Elshamy)
Cinematographer: Omar Elshamy
Editor: Omar Elshamy

Production
Ateliers Varan
SEMAT
ARTE

Sales Contacts
Ateliers Varan
Juliette Dubois
6 Impasse Mont-Louis
75011 Paris - France
Tel. +3314367565
Mail : communication[at]ateliersvaran[dot]com

BROADCASTS
Arte.TV
Quai Branly Museum media library

AWARDS, FESTIVALS

2012 | Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland - April 20> 27, 2012
* International section first steps
www.visionsdureel.ch/film/f/karim.html

2012 | Côté court section panorama (Pantin - 93, France)
* Selection

2012 | Cinéma populaire (Tours, 37, France)
* Selection

2011 | Festival Printemps du cinéma arabe (Paris - 75, France)
* Selection

Organizations

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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