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Programmers should line up to slot [‘Cairo Drive’] into fests and showcases, since even strangers to Cairo’s mad whirl will find themselves laughing alongside their more conversant neighbors ...
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Sherief Elkatsha wittily develops a brilliant metaphor for Egypt's collective identity in its out-of-control traffic ...
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The film captures the hopeful euphoria that swept through Egypt after Mubarak's ouster, as well as the ensuing disappointment many people felt at the lack of real change ...
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An entertaining and perceptive spin through The City Victorious. Its warm reception among ADFF’s cosmopolitan audience underlines the film’s suitability to the Western market ...
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The award for Best Film from the Arab World - Documentary Competition goes to Cairo Drive By Sherief Elkatsha, a film that captures an entire society through the lens of its capital’s traffic. This film is filled with humor and humanity; it reflects a chaotic society in transition ...
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An enthralling, insightful and often rather funny look at the vibrant, complex and dramatic city of Cairo as seen through its teeming roads ...
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A deeply witty documentary that examines the changes Egypt’s undergone of late by way of its capital’s infamously pervasive traffic problems ...