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Democracy 76: State of Emergency by Wael Omar. Egypt, 2006, 10 min, MiniDV, U.S Premiere
A commanding treatise on the state of democracy in Egypt, this short offers a critical insight into the conditions, restrictions and violations of the presidential election of September 2005, the first contested election in the country’s history.
Preceded by: Dancers (Mirayat el-Masrah), by Célame Barge. Egypt/France, 2007, 52 min, BetaSP
Day and Night (Nahar wa Leyl), by Islam Azzazi. Egypt, 2006, 34 min, Digibeta
Sat, Nov 10, 1:00 P.M. "Political Activism, Bloggers and New Uses of Digital and Mobile-Phone Videos": Special screening and discussion with Wael Omar, Hossam el-Hamalawy and Karim Tartoussieh; moderated by Khaled Fahmy (free and open to the public)
Wed, Nov 14, 9:30 P.M. Q&A with director Wael Omar
Filmmaker's Biography
Wael Omar was born and raised in a small suburb of Cairo. He has spent the last five years working in film production and editing, while writing and directing several short films, viral clips and documentaries. He is particularly committed to cross-cultural cinema and activist filmmaking. He spent much of the last ten years between Boston and New York, before establishing Fable Media Creative in Cairo in 2005. Democracy 76 is his third film and first documentary.
Credits
Producer: Wael Omar
Cinematographer: Wael Omar
Editors: Wael Omar, Wessam Kamel
Sound: Wessam Kamel
Music: Maurice Louca
Print Source
Wael Omar
Email: waelomar@gmail.com
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