Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc

Name: Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2016
Duration: 85 min

Director: Iman Kamel

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Highlights

The film is a hybrid film that melds documentary with mythic story elements, poetic narration and dance to convey intimate, true stories of resistance by Egyptian women since the outbreak of the Revolution in 2011.
The film received a number of grants, such as an Assistance Grant from the Takmil Workshop within the 26th Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Screenplay Development Fund from the Amiens International Film Festival, Production Grant from Doha Film Institute, Development and Post-Production Fund of twofour54 Abu Dhabi, UAE (SANAD), and the Funding for Women Artists from the Berlin Senate Chancellery - Cultural Affairs.
The Culturist selected the film as one of the 30 Must Watch films at the 2016 edition of DIFF.

2016/ Egypt - Germany - Kuwait - Qatar85 min/ Documentary, Biography

Original Title

Jeanne d’Arc Masrya

SYNOPSIS

Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc follows in the footsteps of Cairene filmmaker ImanKamel in her journey to the western deserts where she discovers a diary written by a Bedouin girl named Jehanne. Inspired by Jehanne’s struggle to break free of patriarchal repression and to become a dancer, the filmmaker attempts to trace the whereabouts of Jehanne by reaching out to fellow Egyptian artists, all women, who share with her their own stories of aspiration and resistance over the last five years.

CAST

Nahla Sebaei
Reem Hatem
Sara Hassan
Salma El Tarzi

CREW

Screenwriter: Klaus Freund
Iman Kamel
DOP: Ute Freund
Editor: Klaudia Begic

Production Company(ies)

Nomad's Home Production
Linked Productions

Producer(s)

Talal Al-Muhanna
Iman Kamel

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Durban International Film Festival, South Africa

Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt

Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan

Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden

Arab Film Festival Tubingen, Germany

Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt

Africa Film Festival Köln, Germany

China Women's Film Festival (CWFF), China

African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), USA

Muscat Festival, Oman

Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan

Jounieh International Film Festival (JIFF), Lebanon

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan