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An autobiographical documentary about family, love of cinema, and the perpetual condition of being in between: homes, languages, and places. Viola Shafik explores her relationship with her son and his father, the renowned art director and production designer Onsi Abou Seif, centring their shared entanglement with Egyptian cinema, past and present: her groundbreaking scholarship, and his work designing the visual worlds of numerous masterpieces of Arab cinema, from the late 60s until today. The film unfolds into deeper reflections on migration, political oppression, and the erasure of places and identities. (ALFILM Festival)

Viola Shafik photos © Viola Shafik