East of Noon

Date:: 29 Sep 2025, 19:30–21:35

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A dizzyingly inventive parable about love in the age of dictatorship. Russian premiere as part of the contemporary programme of the Festival of Films Regained.

Sharq 12
2024, Hala Elkoussy

Netherlands—Egypt—Katar
109 minutes, Arabian with Russian subtitles

Starring: Ahmed Kamal, Menha El Batraoui, Omar Rozik, Fayza Shama

The plot of the film can hardly be called original: a pair of lovers are trying their best to escape from the country of a ruling infantile tyrant. All the more unexpected is the imaginative and original way in which Hala Elkoussy frames her carefully crafted, fully-fledged film universe.

Shot form East of Noon, 2024

A sumptuous piece of filmmaking, East Of Noon captures youthful angst under autocratic rule.

— Robert Daniels, Screen International

The director creates an all-round parable that is simultaneously reminiscent of Fellini, Pasolini and the classics of Egyptian mass cinema. One doesn’t have to be a film geek to enjoy the viewing experience, so enchanting is the black and white visuals and so thrilling is the action.

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