THE PROMISED

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  • Director: Ahmed Elghoneimy
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Duration: 19'
  • Year of production: 2020
  • Country: Egypt
In and around the historical ruins of Fustat, in Old Cairo, tensions simmer between the site's government-appointed guards and residents of a nearby informal settlement, al-Izba. The guards chase away looters and confiscate their equipment, while locals infuriate them by taking shortcuts through the site, occasionally stopping for a smoke. For the guards it's easiest to keep the site closed until further notice.

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Ahmed Elghoneimy

Born in 1986, is a filmmaker / artist from Alexandria and currently living between Cairo and Berlin. He holds a bachelor degree from the Faculty of Alexandria for Fine Arts. His films alternate between fiction and documentary. Elghoneimy's work has been screened in Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin (2020), IFF Rotterdam (2011, 2013), MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York (2013), FIDMarseille (2012), Doclisboa, Lisbon (2018).