Microphone

Rock, grafitti and art unite on Egypt's underground art scene. Khaled returns to Alexandria after many years abroad, only to find that his old girlfriend is going away and that nothing is as he had imagined. In this situation, Khaled stumbles upon the city’s colourful underground scene with hip hop, rock on the rooftops and graffiti artists stroding the streets at night. Meeting the hidden art life in Alexandria gradually changes Khaled’s life. With limited resources, he tries to support the movement and to turn people’s attention to the city’s emerging art scene. Microphone is a fresh and vibrant film about a new generation of Egyptian artists. red