During Ultima Academy 2014, Cinemateket will show films and documentaries connected to our lectures and discussion topics.
Art War (2011) by Marco Wilms tells the the story of young, creative Egyptians of the Arab Spring who, through the means of graffiti murals, rebellious music, art, and enlightenment, try to salvage their revolution from going under.
The film will be screened on Thursday 11 September after Othernesses – Music in contemporary Cairo, a performance and conversation with Egyptian sound artists Yara Mekawei and Fadi Galal, young composer Ramz Sabry Samy pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky, music researchers and critics Jörn Peter Hiekel and Andreas Engström.