Southern Colorado Film Festival – Cairo in One Breath – Official Selection 2017
We are excited to announce Cairo in One Breath will be screening at this wonderful film festival! The 6th annual Southern Colorado Film Festival will take place from October 12-14, 2017. The 2017 theme, CONVERGENCE, intends to inspire a diverse conversation about cinematic expression. The festival will screen works that display a wide range of regional, […]
2017 Indie Grits – CAIRO IN ONE BREATH – Official Selection
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 @ 7:00PM The Nickelodeon Theatre To Purchase Tickets to See the Film Click Here INDIE GRITS WAS BORN IN 2007, CHARGING BLINDLY AND PASSIONATELY ONTO THE SCENE, WITH A DO-IT-YOURSELF ATTITUDE. Propelled by a far-flung artistic vision, festival organizers sought to break down the walls intimidating Southern media makers by creating exhibition […]
2016 River’s Edge International Film Festival
About Festival 2016 River’s Edge International Film Festival November 3-6 The River’s Edge International Film Festival brings independent film to the smart, arts-oriented, mid-American river town of Paducah, Kentucky. Paducah already has a burgeoning visual and performing arts scene, and the film festival is right in the center of this cultural hub. Celebrating our 12th […]
Film Festival Screenings & Educational Distribution
In October, Cairo in One Breath screens at three festivals! Come out to see us and the film! Arab Film Festival San Francisco, CA October 7-16 Arabian Sights Film Festival […]
‘Cairo in One Breath’ : The Adhan at a Moment of Transformation (Film Premieres at Full Frame)
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on MARCH 26, 2015*: In 2007 Ukrainian-born artist and Duke University MFA student Anna Kipervaser conceived a multimedia documentary project about collective and individual voice — as seen through the lens of the 1,400 year-old tradition of the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) and the muezzins who recite it. By […]
World Premiere at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015
CAIRO IN ONE BREATH – World Premiere at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival It’s official! – CAIRO IN ONE BREATH is having it’s World Premiere at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The festival takes place April 9-12, 2015 in Durham, North Carolina! Your being there would be marvelous! CAIRO IN ONE BREATH will play on Friday, April 10th at […]
CAIRO IN ONE BREATH – World Premiere at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
It’s official! – CAIRO IN ONE BREATH is having it’s World Premiere at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The festival takes place April 9-12, 2015 in Durham, North Carolina! Your being here would be marvelous! The schedule will be posted on March 19. http://www.fullframefest.org/press/announcements/ Thank you for all of your support and for being an important part of this […]
“Cairo,” “From This Day” to bow at Full Frame
March 11, 2015 by Manori Ravindran Anna Kipervaser’s Cairo in One Breath (pictured) and Sharon Shattuck’s From This Day Forward are among 25 documentaries receiving world and North American premieres at the 18th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The Durham, North Carolina-based event – which runs from April 9 to 12 – has revealed […]
Technology and the Sacred
In 2007 Ukrainian-born artist Anna Kipervaser began work on a multimedia documentary project about the muezzins who recite the Muslim call to prayer (the adhan) in Cairo. In 2009, the project came to encompass a feature length documentary film for which filming completed in 2012. The film documents the tradition of the adhan at a moment of transformation in the region. After 1,400 years, wireless receivers are starting to replace muezzins in reciting the call for prayer in Cairo, though revolution and continued political unrest halts their inspection and maintenance.
Season’s Greetings – Newsletter December 2013
First Snow in Egypt in 100 Years! Some things are hard to believe! For example, the snow in Egypt. And also, we are almost done with the film! Other things that are hard to believe don’t quite make us smile, yet we hope that the difficult times in the region end soon, and that the […]
