In The Last Days of The City

Few multi-layered narratives carry the weight of their subjects as sincerely as the film, In The Last Days of The City. It took Egyptian director Tamer El Said close to ten years to complete his film, which is shot in Cairo as well as Beirut and Baghdad. The feature is not one about borders and journeys but blurred boundaries and the struggle for belonging. It has won awards including the Grand Prix at the New Horizon International Film Festival and recently premiered in the UK at the London Film Festival on Sunday 9th October. In an interview with El Said and the British- Egyptian actor Khalid Abdalla it is clear why In The Last Days of The City stands as […]