Cold Dissent (2019)
A Short Film Directed by Taher Abdul Ghani & Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Film Details
Title: Cold Dissent
Genre: Short Documentary
Length: 3 mins, 57 secs
Directors: Taher Abdel-Ghani & Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Awards: Best Short Film award at the 2019 Biennale Spazio Pubblico in Rome
“This short film highlights two contrasting areas within the Greater Cairo Region, one located at the heart of the metropolitan capital while the other is isolated from the rest of the main urban fabric. In these two areas, local communities face the same struggle when attempting to reclaim their rights.”
- Taher Abdul Ghani & Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Directors
Taher Abdel-Ghani is an independent urban researcher and a cinephile with a specific focus on cinematic urbanism. He has published several academic papers and has made a few short films that were screened in Egypt, Germany, France, Portugal and Italy. His latest film “Cold Dissent”, co-directed with Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, has received the Best Short Film award at the 2019 Biennale Spazio Pubblico Festival in Rome.
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an award-winning architect, designer and visual artist who gained professional experience in human-centered projects, including conservation and adaptation of historic buildings and sites, museums, exhibition design, as well as cultural management in several UNESCO World Heritage sites in Egypt and Sudan. In parallel, Ahmed has established himself as an urban researcher and a filmmaker. Among his achievements: winning the national competition to represent Egypt at the Venice Biennale for Architecture in 2014, and receiving the Best Short Film award at the 5th edition of the Biennale Spazio Pubblico Festival in Rome with his short film, co-directed with Taher Abdel-Ghani, “Cold Dissent”.
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