Chaos, Disorder by Nadine Khan

This is the story of lost love in a controversial setting. Manal, Zaki and Mounir are in their twenties, living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew. The two boys are in love with the same girl who finds herself being the bet for a football match between them, whereby the winner marries Manal. This story reflects a football and play-station youth and how they deal with their feelings in a community that is increasingly closed off and isolated.

Nadine Khan graduated from Cairo’s Higher Film Institute in 2001. She worked for over 10 years as a second unit and assistant director on television commercials and feature films, including international productions such as ‘Bab El Shams’ (2004) by Yousry Nasrallah, ‘Whatever Lola Wants’ (2007) by Nabil Ayouch and ‘Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen’ (2009) by Michael Bay. Her short ‘One in a Million’ (2006) participated in the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Her debut feature ‘Chaos, Disorder’ (2012) world premiered at DIFF in the Muhr Feature competition. It won Best Film at the 2013 Oran Film Festival and the 2014 Muscat International Film Festival.

This screening is organised in partnership with AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.

1h 16min | Egypt | Arabic with English subtitles.