Movies: Tamer El Said

2002
His Excellency the Minister (2002)
His Excellency the Minister
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A mix-up leads Ra'fat Rostum to a ministerial seat that he was never meant to have. As he successfully holds onto his office for a long time, he starts having violent nightmares and asks his office manager, Ateya, to accompany him to the North Coast ...
2020
Cinetracts '20 (2020)
Cinetracts '20
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A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency projec...
2005
Today's Directors (2005)
Today's Directors
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2016
In the Last Days of the City (2016)
In the Last Days of the City
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In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when all around him dreams as much as buildings are disintegrating. With the help of his friends wh...
2010
Heliopolis (2010)
Heliopolis
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8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals....
2009
Eye of the Sun (2009)
Eye of the Sun
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Shams is a young girl who resides in the local neighborhood of Ain Shams. The life of the family turns into a tragedy when they learn their young Shams has leukemia, and they try to fulfill her only wish to visit Downtown Cairo....
2022
Take Me to the Cinema (2022)
Take Me to the Cinema
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We follow the journey of former soldier Nassif, who fled the war in Iraq by hiding in dark cinemas. During this time, he used to watch his favorite film, “Papillon” (1973), starring Steve McQueen. Nowadays, he is looking for this film among the Iraqi...
2023
Borrowing a Family Album (2023)
Borrowing a Family Album
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Tamer El Said appropriates another family’s amateur footage to reclaim a memory of a lost sibling. The installation invites visitors to look for their own recollections in the same footage, creating an act of collective remembrance in the process....
2020
Of Dust & Rubies, A Film on Suspension (2020)
Of Dust & Rubies, A Film on Suspension
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A public panel about the unfinished film, OF DUST AND RUBIES the last work of the Sudanese filmmaker, painter and poet Hussein Sharrife, who passed away in 2005 before starting the editing process of the film. Through showing some excerpts of the foo...
2004
On a Monday (2004)
On a Monday
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Love emerges in the details in this innovatively simple day-in-the-life story of a married couple who one random Monday discover each other anew due to a change in routine....