Casa Árabe collaborates with the 23rd edition of the African Film Festival of Tarifa – Tangier in its extension in Madrid. As part of this collaboration, the film La vie après Siham. by Egyptian director Namir Abdel Messeeh will be screened on Thursday, May 28 at 29 hours.
After the screening, there will be a discussion. Tickets can be purchased online. Screening in original version subtitled in Spanish (VOSE). Discussion in Spanish. The festival runs until May 30 at various venues.
After the screening, there will be a discussion with Belal Darder, Egyptian photographer, in conversation with Karim Hauser, Cultural Coordinator of Casa Árabe.
The film La vie après Siham, a Franco-Egyptian co-production from 2025, tells how when Siham disappears, Namir does not understand that she is gone forever. For him, a mother is immortal. Namir then embarks on investigating his family history, between Egypt and France. As a reflection of Youssef Chahine’s cinema, a story of exile begins to take shape. Full of love, too. Alive, forever.
Namir Abdel Messeeh spent his early years in Egypt before settling in France, where he studied directing at Fémis. He made several short films before tackling more intimate themes with Toi, Waguih. His first feature film, La Vierge, les Coptes et moi, humorously explores the relationship with his homeland and his Coptic family. Selected in numerous festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, and CPH:DOX, the film won the Tanit de Plata at the JCC of Carthage in 2011 and the best documentary award at the Doha festival, before reaching 112,000 viewers in French theaters. La Vie après Siham is his second feature film. It premiered at the ACID of Cannes.
