The two feature films will be available for viewing on the streaming platform for a week.
Egyptian feature films Dam el-Nakhl and Ma Ward, produced by the General Film Foundation, have been made available for viewing on the Vimeo platform for free.
The move is part of an initiative recently launched under the title “Cinema at Your Home” to facilitate the period of the quarantine imposed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Directed by Najda Anzour and written by Diana Kamal el-Din, Dam el-Nakhl talks about Syrian archaeologist Khaled al-Assad who was killed by ISIS, while defending the treasures of the city of Palmyra from pillage and destruction.
The film’s cast includes Lujain Ismail, Joan Khadr, Mustafa Saad Eddin, Jihad al-Zoghbi, Adnan Abdel Jalil, Mohammad Felfela and Hamada Salim.
Ma Ward, which is directed by Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, is inspired by Mahmoud Abdel Wahed’s When The Bell Rings. The film tells the story of three men who fall in love with a woman who works in distilling rose oil in the 1950s.
The film stars Abdul Latif Abdul Hamid, Reham Aziz, Nora Rahal, Amana Wali, Wasim Qazaq, Lujain Ismail and Yusef Moqbel.
