Poster of 6th Aswan International Women Film Festival released

CAIRO – 27 January 2022: The management of the Aswan International Women Film Festival revealed the poster of its sixth edition.

The poster was designed by Hisham Ali, an artist who works on the uses of images in graphic design, and has previously won a number of international awards.

6th Aswan International Women Film Festival's poster - social media

The poster shows a woman that looks like most women of the South, walking in the desert, aiming for the horizon of dreams and hopes, and bearing on her head the history of cinema. 

The woman re-appears in three scenes as she moves upwards towards the gate of heaven, which appears as one of the gates of Nubia, surrounded by clouds with magical and imaginary meanings.

With this composition, the artist Hisham Ali put together a set of ideas that represent the struggle of a woman to achieve her dreams, a woman whose face we do not see, and who represents every woman that the Aswan Festival and all women's film events in the world work for.

The woman breaks into the yellow space, characterizing most of the map of Egypt, topped by strong strokes representing the colors of the south, bold and expressive.

They are also the colors of dreams in which film tapes used to shine before, and then their brilliance and clarity increased with new technologies.

With this poster, the festival pays homage to this woman who carried Egypt's cinematic heritage, anticipating that she would complete her struggle despite the barrenness of the road and its extended sand.

The 6th Aswan International Women Film Festival will be held from February 23 to 28.