Youssef Chahine: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Friday, August 28, 2026•1:00 PM

The American Cinematheque is honored to present a retrospective of the newly restored films by the great Egyptian filmmaker, Youssef Chahine. Chahine was a pioneer of Egyptian and Arab cinema, introducing daring and often provocative films in an Egyptian film landscape saturated with ostentatious melodramas.

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