REMINDER – Dunedin Film Society to screen Tarik Saleh's CAIRO CONSPIRACY

[Dunedin Film Society]

DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY WELCOME TO OUR  2024 ENCORE SCREENING Tarik Saleh's CAIRO CONSPIRACY    ( صبي من الجنة,  Şabiyy min al Janna)   (Sweden/France/Finland/Denmark, 2022, 121 mins, M violence) Wednesday 4 Dec, 7.30PM, University of Otago’s Castle 1 Lecture Theatre**   This firebrand thriller set in Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, the country’s most respected religious teaching institution, deftly explores the tangled state of modern-day Egypt. “Spy thriller and coming-of-age narrative deftly combine in this sinuous, Cairo-set exploration of political and religious corruption by Tarik Saleh, who received Best Screenplay at Cannes 2022. When Adam, the humble son of a fisherman, is awarded a state sponsorship to study at the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicentre of power of Sunni Islam, he imagines his life set on a path of learning. However, his apprenticeship will be of an entirely different nature as he becomes entangled in the institution’s back-door dealings and shady manoeuvrings. Will he be a pawn, victim, or kingmaker?” (Sandra Reid, Whanau Marama NZIFF 2022). Watch the trailer of Cairo Conspiracy   FURTHER REVIEW "Set at Cairo’s Al Azhar University — the most prestigious Islamic school in the world, founded in 972 — the story is a wild one: a tense political thriller centring on Adam (Tawfeek Barhom), a naive freshman from the sticks who gets recruited as a mole by Col. Ibrahim (Fares Fares), an officer from the state security agency, to manipulate the election of the school’s grand imam, one of the most powerful positions in Sunni Islam... Adam’s credulous sense of wonder parallels our own…"   Read the complete review Finally, watch this interview with Tarik Saleh, director of Cairo Conspiracy...   View the video –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ADMISSION Free to members (who are entitled to bring one guest to this screening). Non-members can purchase a Three-Film sampler ($25), which can be shared with two other attendees. The sampler does not expire and can be used over multiple years. Membership includes generous discounts at Rialto Cinemas (from Monday to Friday); and FREE entry to the 2024 screenings of all other affiliated New Zealand Film Societies.  **To get to the Castle 1 Theatre: walk up between the University of Otago’s Arts building (Burns) and Information Services building (Central Library), on Albany Street. WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK!... on this screening, or any other Dunedin Film Society showing, on dunedinfi...@gmail.com                      –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dunedin Film Society PO BOX 6139 Dunedin North Dunedin, Otago 9059 New Zealand