WATCH: Egyptian Filmmaker Hala El Koussy on ‘East of Noon’
We caught up with the acclaimed filmmaker at the fourth edition of Red Sea Film Festival to talk all about her latest project.
“I did not categorize the film black comedy, I actually was writing very tragic scenes,” shares acclaimed filmmaker Hala El Koussy on her latest film ‘East of Noon’.
Following its selection for Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight section, El Koussy’s surreal feature film returns to the Arab World with a regional premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival.
The film is “a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world.” In an unknown time and place, we enter a grim scene, a world on the brink of fiction and reality. One where storytelling and performance become a refuge and an escape. The film is shot largely in black and white, by renowned cinematographer Abdelsalam Moussa, who also co-produced the film with El Koussy.
In this exclusive interview, part of our ‘Rolling: Red Sea Saudi’ series, El Koussy lets us in on her unintentionally surreal story and walking Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet, following the footsteps of Youssef Chahine.
