After a successful screening at the recently concluded Independent International Documentary Film Festival (OSA) in Moscow, Hend Bakr’s Egyptian documentary THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M has won a Special Jury Mention for Humanity and Continuity at the Russian festival — which ran from May 23rd to the 25th in the Russian capital of Moscow.
Dedicated to the memory of famous Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky and his wife and muse Zoya Boguslavskaya — a novelist, essayist, and author of some of the largest cultural projects in Russia and internationally — OSА focuses on films about poetry, art, history, and memory.
THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M follows filmmaker Hend Bakr as she breaks through Mohamed Hafez Ragab’s — one of the most renowned writers in the modern history of Egyptian literature — solitude to find out the reason behind his radical decision to self-isolate for the better part of 30 years, abandoning writing at the peak of his career.
The film premiered at the Aswan International Women’s Film Festival and received a Special Mention from the Gabes Art Festival in Tunisia. It also screened in Cairo’s Downtown at the Goethe Institute’s headquarters and Alexandria’s Jesuit Cultural Center.
Written, directed, and produced by Bakr, THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M is co-produced by Ahmed Nabil, edited by Peter Adel, and lensed by Tamer Nady. MAD World handles the film’s Worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution handles the film’s distribution in the MENA region.
The film screened at last year’s edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, with Bakr holding a post-screening Q&A to discuss everything from meeting the man behind the myth in the flesh to the challenges she faced while filming the documentary.
Moreover, it participated in the IDFA Academy, the DOX BOX e-course — mentored by Raed Andoni — as well as the Robert Bosch Project Market, the Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market, and the Visions du Réel VdR – Film Market.
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