Experimental Summer

Name: Experimental Summer
Genre: Drama, Mocumentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 70 min

Director: Mahmoud Lotfy

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Highlights

The film was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival.
It was released in Zawya Cinema in Egypt.
The film’s narrative form is unique and surprising that it takes the audience to a new enriching cultural experience.
It explores the passion for cinema and filmmaking, commemorating the Egyptian pioneers of independent filmmaking.
It received support from the Doha Film Institute.

2017/ Egypt70 min/ Drama, Mocumentary

Original Title

Saif Tagreby

SYNOPSIS

Both Mahmoud and Zeinab join hands to search for the original version of the first Egyptian independent film that was made back in the 1980s, all copies of which were either destroyed or confiscated for unknown reasons by the government film agency, an entity that governed film production and distribution at the time. ’Experimental Summer’ is a fantasy journey into the world of filmmaking.

CAST

Zainab Magdy
Mahmoud Eissa
Ahmed Magdy
Essam Esmail

CREW

Screenwriter: Mahmoud Lotfy
DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy
Editor: Essam Esmail