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Egyptian Shorts Program

Egyptian Shorts Program: The Maid / At the Day's End / Clean Hands Dirty Soap / A Winter Day's Visits

The Maid: Dir. Heidi Saman / Egypt / 2008 / 19min

When a housemaid's suspicions of her employer are strangely confirmed, she is forced to come to terms with her own insecurities and her place within the family household.

At The Days End: Dir. Sherif El Bendary / Egypt / 2007 / 15min

Based on a short story by the Egyptian writer Ibrahim Aslan, a father contemplates the changes in the appearance of his adult son in this subtle meditation on aging.
Clean Hands Dirty Soap: Dir. Karim Fanous / Egypt / 2007 / 25min

A Cairo bathroom attendant mustering up the will to approach a spirited belly dancer learns that, in life, every non-action has a non-reaction.

A Winter Days Visits: Dir. Ismaeel Hamdy / Egypt / 2007 / 37min

In this dark moody short film, Ismaeel Hamdy explores a day in the life of a modest Egyptian young man, Ali, who struggles with his family, friends and the police.