In Light of the Revolution

Production year: 2015
Country: Egypt
Directors: Lone Falster & Iben Haahr Andersen

We can’t play it cool for longer! When someone dies to express their opinion, you can’t just go back,” says one of the film’s cast, the songwriter Youssra el Hawari. She is one of the Egyptian artists, all women, involved in visual arts, photography, music and film. Personal accounts and works show how the revolution in 2011 strengthened the women and how, from then on, they have changed and developed their work.

Today, their art is more important than just a question of “being beautiful”. It is an active and critical voice in a society, where the military and the Muslim Brotherhood fight daily. The film shows a close relationship with a small part of the Egyptian reality, the women artists. It investigates how these women with power and energy, express themselves through sound, photos or performances.