One in a Million

  • One in a Million (Wahed fe el million)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title : Wahed fe el million
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2006
Format : Short
Running time : 12 (in minutes)

On a stifling night in Cairo, a wedding party drives across a bridge honking loudly; roaming adolescents comment on people they encounter; two guards play cards while a third sips tea and watches a soap opera. A brief meditation on the arbitrariness, fluidity and intensity of lived experience.


One in a Million (Wahed fi el-Milion),
by Nadine Khan. Egypt, 2006, 12 min, MiniDV


Festivals and Awards

2007 | CinemaEast Film Festival | NEW YORK, Usa |
> U.S. Premiere

2007 | International Film Festival - IFFR 2007 (SH) | ROTTERDAM | www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com | Rotterdam, 2007

International Bunker Film Festival, 2007

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2006

Feminale: International Women's Film Festival, Cologne, 2006

International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, 2006

L'Alternativa, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, 2006


Credits
Writer: Mariam Naoom
Producers: Nadine Khan, Rina Khoury
Cinematographer: Hassan Khan
Editor: Loli Seif
Sound: Mohamed Farouk

Print Source
Nadine Khan
Iris Production/Wika Production
Tel: +20 12 225 6288
Email: nadine1181@gmail.com

Twee gezichten van dezelfde stad op hetzelfde tijdstip: Cairo bij nacht.

Twee gezichten van dezelfde stad op hetzelfde tijdstip: Cairo bij nacht. Afwisselend volgen we nachtwakers in de uitgestorven dure wijken en levendige straatschoffies. Het camerawerk correspondeert met de twee totaal verschillende stemmingen.

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  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
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