Sleepless and Sirk

2022, Film Clips, 2:32m

A visual dance between the melodramatic works of Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind) and Saleh Abu Seif (Sleepless, لا أنام,).

Music from Doris Day “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps”

 Dream Western

2022, 16mm & Film Clips, 2:09m

A multilayered investigation of the iconography of the Hollywood Western and American Landscape.

Music from Kourosh Yaghmaei “Niyayesh”

 Egypt, You Made Me Love You

2023, 16mm, 1:54m

A short ode to my love of Cairo, shot on the balconies of Zamalek.

Music by from Judy Garland “You Made Me Love You”.

 Lusting

2021, 16mm & Film Clips, 2:01m

A montage of lust, layered with 16mm footage of Joshua Tree and Los Angeles.

Music from Najat Al Saghira “Bahlam Maak”