18 Days (2011)

18 Days (Arabic: 18 يوم‎) is an Egyptian film composed of ten short films by ten directors focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

A group of ten directors, twenty or so actors, six writers, eight directors of photography, eight sound engineers, five set designers, three costume designers, seven editors, three post-production companies, and about ten technicians have agreed to act fast and shoot, with no budget and on a voluntary basis, ten short films about the January 25 revolution in Egypt. Ten stories they have experienced, heard or imagined.

All the proceeds of this movie will be devoted to organizing convoys to provide political and civic education in the villages of Egypt.

The films are:


Retention by Sherif Arafa
God’s Creation by Kamla Abou Zikri
19-19 by Marwan Hamed
When the Flood Hits You… by Mohamed Ali
Curfew by Sherif El Bendari
Revolution Cookies by Khaled Marei
Tahrir 2/2 by Mariam Abou Ouf
Window by Ahmad Abdallah
Interior/Exterior by Yousry Nasrallah
Ashraf Seberto by Ahmad Alaa

Synopsis

Dix cinéastes, vingt comédiens, six écrivains, huit chefs opérateurs, huit ingénieurs son, cinq décorateurs, trois costumières, sept monteurs, trois sociétés de postproduction et une dizaine de techniciens ont tourné dans l’urgence, sans budget et de manière complètement bénévole, dix courts-métrages de fiction, autour de la révolution égyptienne du 25 janvier 2011.

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