TPFF x TSV
Toronto Palestine Film Festival is proud to present original work by local Palestinian filmmakers. The films were developed, workshopped, filmed and produced through the 2021 Local Pals Residency of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival, in partnership with Trinity Square Video. After an exciting year-long process, TPFF is excited to present the world premieres of these incredible films.
Omar, what's good?
شو يا عمر
21 minutes
Muhammad Nour El-Khairy
Short Experimental
2021 - Canada
World Premiere
Omar, what's good?' is a found footage experimental documentary that deconstructs the public persona of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, to retell the story of his rise to fame and subsequent fall.
This visual archaeological project re-appropriates a series of fiction films that star Sharif and intercuts them with news footage, archival materials, interviews and television programs to reflect on particular moments in Sharif’s career. The film reveals, using a process of deconstructing the found footage, the colonial context and mindset that shaped Sharif’s life between the Middle East and America.
