RANIA STEPHAN’S FILM “THE THREE DISAPPEARANCES OF SOUAD HOSNI
Rania Stephan, The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (film still), 2001.
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall
London
SW1Y 5AH
27 Mar 2015 | 8:30 pm | Cinema 1 | £7.00 to £11.00
Lebanese director Rania Stephan’s found-footage essay film explores the life and work of Souad Hosni, the most important actress in post-independence Egyptian cinema, who committed suicide in an Edgware Road flat in the early 2000s.
Stephan compiled the film from over 60 VHS tapes of Hosni’s films to create a complex meditation on national cinema, celebrity and genre.
The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni, dir. Rania Stephan, Lebanon 2011, 70 mins.
