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    [EFF15S9] Session 9: The Otolith Group presents The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF15S9] Session 9: The Otolith Group presents The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000239

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    27 March 2015, 20:30, ICA Cinema

    Film: The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni, Rania Stephan, Lebanon, 2011, digital, 70 minutes, Arabic with English subtitles

    Screening introduced by Kodwo Eshun of The Otolith Group

    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.

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    1 - Session 9 intro (EFF15S9 Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni Intro 27-3-2015.MP3)

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    [EFF15S9] Session 9: The Otolith Group presents The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-9876
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
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    27 March 201527 March 2015
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2026 11:54
    Last Modified: 03 Jul 2026 13:46
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF15S9] Session 9: The Otolith Group presents The Three Disappearances of Souad Hosni. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000239

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