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The Square (El-Midan) | |
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Directed by | Jehane Noujaim |
Produced by | Karim Amer |
Starring | Khalid Abdalla Ahmed Hassan Dina Abdullah Magdy Ashour Sherif Boray Aida El-Kashef |
Cinematography | Jehane Noujaim Muhammad Hamdy Ahmed Hassan Cressida Trew |
Edited by | Christopher de la Torre Mohammed el Manasterly Karim Fanous Pierre Haberer Pedro Kos Stefan Ronowicz Shazeya Serag Angie Wegdan Yasmin Kamal |
Music by | Jonas Colstrup Score: H. Scott Salinas |
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Distributed by | GathrFilms Participant Media |
Release dates | |
Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
Countries | Egypt United States |
Languages | Egyptian Arabic English |
Budget | $1.5 million[2] |
Box office | $124,244[3] |
The Square (Arabic: الميدان, romanized: Al-Maydan) is a 2013 Egyptian-American documentary film by Jehane Noujaim, which depicts the Egyptian Crisis until 2013, starting with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square.[4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards.[5] It also won three Emmy Awards at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, out of four for which it was nominated.