A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and arts together in a country where 70% of people are under 30 and the Officials do not care about culture too much.
Direction
Intimate access to festival meltdowns.
Production
Cairo's contradictions beautifully captured.
Director
Atef Ben Bouzid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2011 revolution's aftermath left Egypt's cultural funding in ruins; Amr's festival became accidental activism.
Director Atef Ben Bouzid shot during actual festival crises—some 'dramatic' moments were unscripted bureaucratic nightmares.
US
