El Documental del mes - TAHRIR 2011 - el Documental del mes

January the 25th of 2011. When Egyptians woke up that morning, they never expected the one-day demonstration planned for that public holiday to evolveinto a full–blown revolution aimed at overthrowing the regime’s thirty- year long grip on power. For the following eighteen days, the world watched as millions of Egyptians marched out calling for anend to injustice, poverty, and corruption.

This movement was led by several influential and inspirational youths from the so-called ‘Facebook generation’ who galvanized support for the movement through mass media and socialnetworks. Among them, three talented young directors decided totell the story of the revolution from their unique cinematic point ofview. They chose to focus not only on politics, but also on a handfulof individuals whose actions would determine their fate, and forever change the future of their country. This is the story of the revolution told from their vantage point in three separate chapters, titled The Good, the Bad, and the Politician.

Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin Amr Salama are 3 young Egyptians with a short but recognized experience in the directing of independent documentary and fiction films. Some of their best known works are Everything is gonna be alright! (2005) and The place I call home (2009) by Tamer Ezzat, Her Man (2006) by Ayten Amin or Zay el Naharda by Amr Salama. All three were active in revolution that Tahrir 2011 protrays.

> Everything is gonna be alright! (2005) by Tamer Ezzat
> The place I call home (2009) by Tamer Ezzat
> Her man (2006) by Ayten Amin
> Zay el Naharda (2008) by Amr Salama.

> Toronto International Film Festival. Competition Section, Canada, 2011.
> 68th Venice International Film Festival. Out of competition feature film. Italy, 2011.
> Oslo International Film Festival - Films from the South. Best Documentary. Norway, 2011.