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Qahera

Qahera

Original Title: قاهرة

  • Film
  • 2025
  • 6m
  • Released

Qahera is a short film that explores the complex relationship between a person and a place through a deeply personal lens, reflecting on the rapid transformations happening in the city of Cairo. Rooted in a personal experience, the film traces the director’s early passion for photography—sparked at the age of 10 when his father gifted him his first camera. Since then, photography has become a tool for seeing, process…

  • Directing Ahmad Alaa
  • Cinematography Ahmad Alaa
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Qahera is a short film that explores the complex relationship between a person and a place through a deeply personal lens, reflecting on the rapid transformations happening in the city of Cairo. Rooted in a personal experience, the film traces the director’s early passion for photography—sparked at the age of 10 when his father gifted him his first camera. Since then, photography has become a tool for seeing, processing, and understanding the world around him.

MFF 2025 | 'Qahera' (قاهرة) | Trailer

Qahera Qahera
  • Directing Ahmad Alaa
  • Cinematography Ahmad Alaa
  • Editing Ahmad Alaa
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