Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day? - Movie

Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?

Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Fiction : 66' / Gay, Avantgarde, Musical, Queer, Polyamory, Sexuality

Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? is a contemporary queer musical taking Arab folktales as its formal reference, and Egyptian pop music as its primary sonic material. It is based on the filmmaker's personal love diary and told in the form of a One Thousand and One Nights tale, where stories playfully unfold through conversations between Scheherazade, a narrator who never comes into view and ghosts of former lovers.

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Lisboa

September 25 | 15h30 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 Buy Tickets

September 23 | 18h30 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 Buy Tickets

Sections: Queer Art Competition
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Year: 2022

Country: Egypt, Lebanon, Germany

Language: arab and english

Subtitles: arab and english

With: Donia Massoud, Ahmed El Gendy, Salim Mrad, Nadim Bahsoun, Hassan Dib/Queen Of Virginity, Ahmed Awadalla, Richard Gabriel Gersch

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Mohammad Shawky Hassan

Egypt

Mohammad Shawky Hassan is an Egyptian filmmaker and video artist living and working in Berlin since January 2019. His film And on a Different Note premiered at the Berlinale - Forum Expanded, and was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of its permanent collection.

Photo: Maria Bethania Medina P.

Filmography

2022 - Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day? (Feature Film)
2015 - And on a Different Note (Short Film)
2012 - On a Day like Today (Short Film)
2011 - it was related to me (Short Film)