A Q&A with the film’s director Tamer El Said and the film’s star Khalid Abdalla led by Dr. Omar Kholeif.
In the Last Days of the City, Tamer El Said’s ambitious debut feature, tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo played by Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner, United 93, Green Zone, The Square) as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his own life. Shot in Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin during the two years before the outbreak of revolution in Egypt, the film’s multi-layered stories are a visually rich exploration of friendship, loneliness and life in cities shaped by the shadows of war and adversity.
AWARDS
Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale
Critics Award for Best Arab Film in 2016, Arab Cinema Center
Grand Prix of New Horizons International Film Festival
Grand Prix of Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes
Best Film, San Francisco Arab Film Festival, USA, 2016
Best Director at Buenos Aires International Film festival (BAFICI)
9.1-54 Forum London 2021 | In the Last Days of the City Q&A
00:59:34
7.1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (French)
01:09:21
6.1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Walk Towards the Future (English)
01:09:08
5.1-54 Forum London 2021 | Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground
01:34:20
4.1-54 Forum London 2021 | A History of Echoes
00:55:31
3.1-54 Forum London 2021 | Performance : Objective Romance and Scarce New Flowers
00:26:00
2.1-54 Forum London 2021 | The Virtual Salon
00:57:38
1.1-54 Forum London 2021 | Overture/Talk - The Continental Drift: Recuperating the Echoes, the Ghosts, the Songs
01:01:34
Season 18
5.1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist talk with Timothy Washington
01:08:32
4.1-54 Forum New York 2021 | THE BLACK FILE: Perspectives of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Art
01:13:25
3.1-54 Forum New York 2021 | A Reflection: The arts in the time of the Black lives matter movement
00:58:30
2.1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Threading Histories: Dindga McCannon and Tina Williams Brewer in Conversation
01:10:13
1.1-54 Forum New York 2021 | Artist Talk with the 2021 Ritzau Art Prize Winner | Micha Serraf
01:00:15
Season 17
8.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (French)
01:13:13
7.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Making and Unmaking Art Schools from The Nineteenth Century to the Present (English)
01:12:42
6.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (French)
01:04:03
5.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | An Oral Gaze: Between Bouanani and Sembene (English)
01:04:07
4.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Resounding Waves: on the making of sonic solidarities through radio
01:11:37
3.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Sonic Archaeologies
01:24:48
2.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Souriez! (French)
01:02:29
1.1-54 Forum Paris 2021 | Smile! (English)
01:02:17
Season 16
8.1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (Spanish)
01:05:00
7.1-54 Forum London 2020 | Relationship Status: it's Complicated (English)
01:05:00
6.1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View from the Other Side of Things (Spanish)
00:59:35
5.1-54 Forum London 2020 | A View From the Other Side of Things (English)
00:59:46
4.1-54 Forum London 2020 | Global Connections
00:42:23
3.1-54 Forum London 2020 | Modes of Resistance
01:03:29
2.1-54 Forum London 2020 | Representation Beyond Representation
01:05:01
1.1-54 Forum London 2020 | What is ‘Latinx’?
01:01:32
Season 15
7.VIP Talk Marrakech 2020 | Inclusivity in Arts, Culture and Commerce
01:07:26
6.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Enacting Agencies
01:31:51
5.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Curating as Collaborative Practice 2/ DREAM CITY
01:07:33
4.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Artist Talk: Katia Kameli
00:56:44
3.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Artist Talk: Kiluanji Kia Henda
01:07:07
2.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Opening Remarks by Elvira Dyangani Ose and Context As Source
01:35:25
1.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2020 | Curating as Collaborative Practice 1/ THE FICTIONAL MARRAKECH BIENNALE
01:41:39
Season 14
13.1-54 Directors Talk London 2019 | Supporting African and Diaspora Artists
01:43:34
12.1-54 Special Project Talk London 2019 | Water Life: Aïda Muluneh on Art and Advocacy
00:54:17
11.1-54 Special Project Talk London 2019 | Thread, Senegal
00:38:40
10.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Championing Photography
01:27:43
9.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Pursuing Opportunities for Dialogue And Collaboration
00:52:37
8.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Àsìkò: A Pan-African, Mobile Initiative
01:36:02
7.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Transforming Education Systems from Within and Developing new Infrastructures
01:13:46
6.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Reimagining Africa's Place In The Indian Ocean
01:00:43
5.1-54 Forum London 2019 | The Value Of Developing and Maintaining Cultural Archives
01:06:28
3.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Research Based Art Practices
01:25:40
2.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Artist Talk: Seizing Public Space with Mary Sibande
00:59:26
1.1-54 Forum London 2019 | Opening Remarks and Reflecting On The Roles Played By Women in the Arts
01:44:58
Season 13
11.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Publication Launch: Some Writers Can Give You Two Heartbeats
00:36:43
10.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Reading: The Zulus Of New York
01:21:09
9.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Butterfly Burning: Performativity and Aesthetics
01:08:21
8.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | In The courtyard: a space for Black art
01:15:12
7.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | To Exhibit Means To Show: the making of an artist's book
00:58:32
6.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Milk And Moon: Black Aesthetics, Essentialism and Futurisms
01:15:22
5.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Without A Name: On living and working between spaces
01:19:03
4.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | A Treehouse In The City Of Lagoons
00:39:56
3.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | From The Pavement, A Gallery: Curator As Broker
01:23:04
2.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | Opening Spaces
01:02:04
1.1-54 Forum New York 2019 | The Queen Lozikeyi Lecture
00:18:27
Season 12
9.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Ted Joans in Context: Notes and Thoughts on Filmmaking
01:29:18
8.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Jazz is My Religion
00:47:15
7.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Surrealism and Animated Photography
00:59:01
6.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Maghrebian Surrealism
01:08:24
5.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Comic Sounds
01:13:24
4.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Surrealism Vs. Scribbles: The Surrealist Movement in Egypt
01:14:10
3.1-54 Public Programme Marrakech 2019 | Le Palais De Lomé
00:40:49
2.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Keepin' Words Surreal
01:22:00
1.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2019 | Opening Remarks and Ted Joans, Surrealist Traveller
01:03:36
Season 11
13.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Reading Group - Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca
01:45:38
12.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Artist Talk with Hurvin Anderson
01:00:04
11.1-54 Public Programme London 2018 | Report Launch: Contemporary African Art Ecology with Mary Corrigall
00:46:19
10.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Portraiture as Politics
01:21:02
9.1-54 Forum London 2018 | The Fugitive Image
01:14:18
8.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Artist Talk : Modupeola Fadugba
00:51:07
7.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Artist Talk: Larry Achiampong
01:15:03
6.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Images of Africa
01:05:45
5.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Black Magic
00:54:58
4.1-54 Forum London 2018 | The Birth of Black Surrealism?
01:22:22
3.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Artist Talk: Athi-Patra Ruga
01:05:06
2.1-54 Forum London 2018 | The Scope and Practice of 'liquid blackness'
01:01:11
1.1-54 Forum London 2018 | Opening Remarks by Ekow Eshun
00:13:12
Season 10
11.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Remix ←→ Culture /2
00:50:14
10.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Remix ←→ Culture /1
01:06:26
9.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Holding Space(s)
01:39:51
8.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Intimate Strangers: The Black Panthers in Algiers
01:00:19
7.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Dear Photo Lover
00:55:04
6.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | No Sweetness Here
01:32:38
5.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Otherwise We are Lost
00:58:51
4.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Living Archive: Performance after Apartheid
00:54:39
3.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Pushit! [exercise 1 in getting well soon]
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2.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Collage, Colour and Complicating Blackness
01:33:25
1.1-54 Forum New York 2018 | Archiving Distance
01:03:10
Season 9
6.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | Moroccan Craft in the 21st Century
01:42:56
5.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | Toward A Self -Image
01:04:43
4.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | Decolonising Knowledge
01:36:23
3.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | Narcissus And Echo
01:10:40
2.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | When Rain Falls On The Mountain Of Punt
01:03:44
1.1-54 Forum Marrakech 2018 | The Return of Amilcar Cabral
00:45:07
Season 8
9.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Artist Talk: Senzeni Marasela
01:00:30
8.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation with Emmanuel Iduma
01:10:24
7.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Writing into History
01:10:54
5.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Performing Critique
01:27:57
4.1-54 Forum London 2017 | The Future Of Conversation
01:03:40
3.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Situating Conversation
01:14:30
2.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Artist Talk: Emeka Ogboh
00:42:15
Season 7
6.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | Madness of the Present: Abstraction’s Radical Possibilities
01:09:49
5.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | Dis/assembly: The Body in Abstraction
01:24:07
4.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | Family Tree: An Intergenerational Discussion
01:16:21
3.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | I Belong Here: Art in Times of Resurgent Nationalism
01:16:00
2.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | A Slip of the Ear: Sufflating Blackness Through Sound
01:02:52
1.1-54 Forum New York 2017 | Opening Remarks and Keynote, Looking After Freedom, by Raél Jero Salley
01:37:21
1.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Opening Remarks & Revisiting The After
01:33:44
Season 6
8.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Malick Sidibé: The People’s Photographer, a Malian Legend
01:18:59
7.1-54 Forum London 2016 | 'Antidisciplinarity’ in Architecture
01:34:29
7.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Why Design Matters
01:14:39
6.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Waveforms
00:56:00
6.1-54 Forum London 2017 | Artist Talk: Pascale Marthine Tayou
01:30:44
5.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Without Beginning or End
01:02:17
4.1-54 Forum London 2016 | African Design: Locating ‘It’ and its Constituents
01:05:34
3.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Rediscovering the Ordinary
00:55:11
2.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Artist talk: Serge Attukwei Clottey
01:05:44
1.1-54 Forum London 2016 | Opening Remarks and Keynote, Dandyism and Black Masculinity by Ekow Eshun
01:27:16
Season 5
7.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Typing Machine: Dave McKenzie and Adrienne Edwards
01:03:15
6.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Materiality, Storytelling and Grand Narratives
00:28:17
5.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Museums and Contemporary African Art
01:08:50
4.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Emerging Social Entrepreneurs
01:02:33
3.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | The Politics and Privilege Of Play
00:48:05
2.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Media Platforms for the Promotion of the Arts
01:06:15
1.1-54 Forum New York 2016 | Beyond Cultural Polarities: Africa’s Creative ‘Repats’
01:14:33
Season 4
11.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Nidhal Chamekh
01:11:11
10.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Theo Eshetu
00:55:52
9.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Kemang Wa Lehulere
01:04:34
8.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Richard Mudariki
01:02:45
7.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Book Launch: Body Talk Feminism, Sexuality and the Body in the Work of Six African Artists
01:25:25
6.1-54 Forum London 2015 | The 55th State
01:25:13
5.1-54 Forum London 2015 | In Focus: Diptyk
01:06:47
4.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Massinissa Selmani
00:55:32
3.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Artist Talk: Katia Kameli
00:56:35
2.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Gallery Talk: Rose Issa, Selma Feriani and Antonia Carver
01:16:02
1.1-54 Forum London 2015 | Opening Remarks and Keynote, The Great Divide, by Jihan El-Tahri Address by Jihan El-Tahri
01:39:28
Season 3
6.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Book Launch: Body Talk: Feminism, Sexuality and the Body in the Work of Six African Women Artists
01:13:02
5.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Gallery Talk
01:02:19
4.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Breaking the Ice
01:10:46
3.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Cultural Specific Curating in Institutions
01:22:06
2.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Artist Talk with Adrienne Edwards, Hank Willis Thomas and Lyle Ashton Harris
01:32:40
1.1-54 Forum New York 2015 | Opening Remarks and Global Black Subjectivities: Here and Now
01:47:39
Season 2
10.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Collector Talk: Sindika Dokolo
01:04:27
9.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Simon Njami in conversation with Sokari Douglas Camp and Abdoulaye Konaté
01:10:09
8.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Gallery Talk: Henri Vergon, Elisabeth Lalouschek and Cornell DeWitt
01:02:39
7.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Koyo Kouoh in conversation with Zina Saro-Wiwa
01:30:12
6.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Elvira Dyangani Osei in conversation with Osei Bonsu and Sammi Baloji
01:10:00
5.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Christine Eyene in conversation with Billie Zangewa and Marcia Kure
01:07:36
4.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Osei Bonsu in conversation with Ibrahim Mahama
01:02:34
3.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Artist Talk: Koyo Kouoh in conversation with artists Miriam Syowia Kyambi and James Muriuki
01:14:01
2.1-54 Forum London 2014 | The Legacy of the Blk Art Group
01:22:03
1.1-54 Forum London 2014 | Opening Remarks
00:10:40
Season 1
11.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Criticism & Publishing
01:19:09
10.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Artist Talk: Koyo Kouoh in conversation with Olafur Eliasson and Carsten Höller
01:00:58
9.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Artist Talk: Koyo Kouoh in conversation with Not Vital
01:06:03
8.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Private and Public Collections: Panel on Public Collections
01:10:14
7.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Private & Public Collections: Building an African Collection of Contemporary Art
01:00:57
6.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Book Launch: Condition Report on Building Art Institutions in Africa
01:24:42
6.1-54 Forum London 2022 | Being “African” in the so-called “Middle East”: Curating our Multiple Selves with Touria El Glaoui, Dr. Omar Kholeif and Dr. Ridha Moumni.
01:19:35
5.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Artist Talk: Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Godfried Donkor
00:30:46
5.1-54 Forum London 2022 | The Poetry Salon: (My) Episodes of Everyday Racism, Interrupted with Raymond Antrobus, Phoebe Boswell, Lakwena Maciver, Andra Simons, and Dr. O.
01:16:09
5.1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Closing Remarks - Motorised Justice: A Poem for the Drifters
00:05:09
4.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Artist Talk: Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Otobong Nkanga
00:54:20
4.1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Interlocking Histories
01:02:05
4.1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Exhibition Itineraries with Dr. ‘Ugochukwu-Smooth’ Nzewi and Dr. Omar Kholeif
00:39:40
4.1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | FOCUS: Zina Saro-Wiwa followed by an in-person Q&A with Professor Sarah Perks
00:46:46
3.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Market, Economies & Galleries: Exploring New Territories
01:12:28
3.1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Have We Ever Been Modern?
00:54:03
3.1-54 Forum London 2022 | Ageing Ruins…: A Listening Session with Otobong Nkanga and a response by Dr. O.
00:51:06
3.1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Archiving, Reclamation, and Authoring Your History
00:56:11
2.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Market, Economies & Galleries: The Genesis of New Markets
00:26:26
2.1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Painting a New Expressionism: A Keynote conversation between artist, Anuar Khalifi and Dr Omar Kholeif
00:51:25
2.1-54 Forum London 2022 | Narrating our “Pan-Afrikan” Connections: Claudette Johnson and Marlene Smith in-dialogue with Lubaina Himid
00:48:11
2.1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Textiles and the Global Politic of the Black Arts Movement
00:56:02
1.1-54 Forum London 2013 | Opening Panel
01:07:20
1.1-54 Forum London 2022 | Introduction & Overture Number 2/A Re-Play: Koyo Kouoh: The Curator as Storyteller with Dr. Omar Kholeif
00:45:09
1.1-54 Forum New York 2022 | Under the Influence of Édouard Glissant
00:47:01
1.1-54 Forum Paris 2022 | Opening Remarks / A Memento to Marrakech & Enter the Frame with Hassan Hajjaj
00:40:37
1-54 Webinar | Artists to Watch: Anya Paintsil and DuduBloom More
00:53:48
1-54 x Christie's | Collect, Curate, Connect: Insights into Contemporary African Art
00:56:57
1-54 Webinar | Access all Areas: How to challenge institutions to break their exclusive structures?
01:13:27
1-54 Webinar | What role can art centres in Africa play in navigating a rapidly shifting world?
01:14:00
1-54 Webinar | Reinventing African Art Museums for Changing Times
00:59:10
1-54 Webinar | The Future of Art Collecting
01:07:41
1-54 Webinar | How are contemporary African art galleries envisioning the post COVID-19 art world?
01:01:21
1-54 Webinar | The Future of Contemporary African Art Fairs
01:01:47
1-54 Webinar | African biennales as portals for collaborative practices
01:08:39
1-54 Webinar | Creating public installations across Africa and its diaspora
01:03:40
1-54 VIP Webinar | Secondary market for contemporary African Art 2020/2021
00:46:03
1-54 Webinar | Performance Art in the time of Protest and Pandemic
