The Edge of the Image is a work in progress programme that observes the filmmaker’s attempts to deal with the technological transitions of the medium throughout the history of cinematic language. Through five films and a discursive platform, and in the context of a time of larger transitions, this programme re-questions the transitional periods in cinema history, and investigates moments when the image has pushed its edge and risen up against its given boundaries.

Programme Schedule:

Wednesday 5 December 2012 Horizons, Directed by Shady Abdel Salam (1972), 48 min

Thursday 6 December 2012 The Choice, Directed by Youssif Chahin (1970), 120 min

Sunday 9 December 2012 Summer 70, Directed by Nagy Shaker and Paolo Isaja (1970), 63 min

Followed by an open discussion with the director

Monday 10 December 2012 My Wife and the Dog, Directed by Said Marzouq