EGYPTIAN JEANNE D'ARC

GAZA SURF CLUB

By Iman KAMEL

MAD SOLUTIONS - as SALES / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

Documentary - Completed 2016

Follows in the footsteps of the filmmaker in her journey to the western deserts where she discovers a diary written by a Bedouin girl named Jehanne and her struggle to break free of patriarchal repression and to become a dancer by reaching out to fellow Egyptian artists

Festivals
& Awards

Dubai International Film Festival 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Social issues
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, EGYPT, KUWAIT, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Iman KAMEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Klaus FREUND
    • Producer(s)
    • Talal AL MUHANA (Linked Productions), Iman KAMEL (Nomad's Home)
    • Synopsis
    • Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc is a hybrid film that melds documentary with mythic story elements, poetic narration and dance to convey the true stories of resistance by Egyptian women since the outbreak of the revolution in 2011. The film follows in the footsteps of Cairene filmmaker Iman Kamel as she journeys to the Western Desert where she discovers a diary written by a Bedouin girl named Jehanne. Inspired by Jehanne’s struggle to break free from patriarchal oppression and 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 5 years.