Thursday 16 February Ongoing programme of 8th Cairo Video festival for video art and experimental film The festival is held across several venues, Check the programme here. Film premiere of Moug (Waves), a documentary animation directed by Ahmed Nour, 7.30pm To be followed by a Q&A session with the director moderated by Salma El Tarzi. The film will be screened for a week. Zawya, behind Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Lecture on The Cemeteries of Amarna in Their Urban Context, by Anna Stevens, 6pm Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Screening of Let the Fire Burn, 7pm Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Fursan Al-Sharq lil Turaath Wa Al-Raqs Al-Hadith (Knights of the Orient for Heritage and Modern Dance) company presents “Alaaeddin” performance, 8pm Alexandria Opera House, 22 Al Mesallah Sharq st, Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Waves, screening at Zawya cinema (Photo: Still from Waves) Friday 17 February Al-Hallaa Ween, a theatre performance for children inspired by the Egyptian folk culture aims to show all the scary characters in our rich Egyptian heritage. 2 pm and 5pm Greek Campus, 28 Falaki St, Bab Al-Louk, Cairo American Buffalo play, running till 18 February. Read more here. 7pm. Gerhart Theatre, American University in Cairo, Road 90, Fifth Settlement, New Cairo Ya Sem, a contemporary dance performance. Choreography Sherin Hegazy, 8pm Falaki Theatre, 24 Falaki Street, Downtown Cairo Nubian music night, 7pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Temporal Semiotics exhibition (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition) Saturday 18 February The Love exhibition, featuring the work of 9 artists exploring new concepts of love, 7pm Dai Gallery, 14 El Ahrar Street, El Batal Ahmed Abdelaziz, Mohandseen, Cairo Exhibition opening of Temporal Semiotics, an audiovisual exhibition by Malak Yacout, 7pm Townhouse Gallery, 6 El-Nabarawy St., Downtown, Cairo Disney songs by Fabrica, 7pm El Sawy Culturewheel, End of 26th of July St, under the 15th of May Bridge, river hall, Zamalek BA String Orchestra. Conductor Mohamed Saad Basha, violin soloist Hassan Sharara. Programme includes works by Handel, Bach, Grieg and Mozart, 7pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Musical theatre titled Raml Train, 7pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria American Buffalo play (Photo: part of promotional material for American Buffalo)
