Middle Eastern Studies, the British Academy, Cities@Manchester, and the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) are pleased to welcome you to a talk by:
Egyptian Filmmaker Ibrahim El Batout
Filming the Revolutionary City:
Independent Filmmaking in Egypt after the January 2011 Revolution
8th December 2011
5.30-7.00pm, followed by a wine reception (7.00-7.30pm)
Room A113 Samuel Alexander (wine reception in Sam Alex Foyer)
Ibrahim El Batout, director of the internationally acclaimed film EinShams (Eye of the Sun, 2008), is one of Egypt’s pioneering independent filmmakers. He has traveled widely across the globe and made a number of documentaries in war-tarnished areas, including on the Iran-Iraq war (1987); the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka (1992); the massacres in Rwanda (1994); the war in Kosovo (1999); and many others. In 2004, he stepped into the world of fiction and made his first feature film Ithaki in 2005. The Cornerhouse will be screening his latest film Hawi (Juggler) on 7th December 2011, followed by a Q&A session with the director.
Admission to this event is free and no advanced booking is required.
For any queries, please contact Dr Dalia Mostafa
Other events in conjuctiont with El Batout's visit to the University of Manchester:
- Monday 5th December 2011 (11am – room A101 Samuel Alexander): Screening of Ein Shams, with an introduction by the director. This is part of the course module “Contemporary Cinema of the Middle East”.
- Tuesday 6th December 2011 (11am – room A115 Samuel Alexander): Master-class conducted by the director with students, as part of the course module “Contemporary Cinema of the Middle East”.