Moroccan novelist and filmmaker Abdellah Taïa’s beautiful, melancholy Cairo Streets re-edits camcorder footage shot in the Egyptian capital almost 20 years earlier — including an encounter with the great Youssef Chahine — alongside reminiscences of a romance.

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Wavelengths

Cairo Streets

Abdellah Taïa

Playing as part of Wavelengths 2: Into the Blue

Screenings

Sat Sep 06

TIFF Lightbox 4

Regular