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'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

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'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

'The Shadow of Cairo' - A Superhero Short Film

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

After her mother's death, Maya, an ordinary Egyptian girl, sets out to become a Superhero vigilante.

Tara Shehata
Tara Shehata
Tara Shehata
Tara Shehata
1 Campaign |
Cairo, Egypt
$932 USD $932 USD 19 backers
16% of $5,541 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
The Shadow of Cairo brings the Western Superhero narrative to Egypt. As well as discussing the nature of Egyptian society and the role women play, this short is a means of showing Egypt’s capability to create Fantasy, Sci-fi and Superhero-led films.

Short Summary

The Shadow of Cairo tackles the story of a 14-year-old Egyptian girl, Maya, whose mother died during a minor surgery. The protagonist, in mourning and anger, chooses to believe that the surgeon who operated on her was distracted by various societal issues – the ‘lurking monsters’ of Egypt. Maya, heavily influenced by Superhero pop-culture, decides to become a superhero vigilante to fight those monsters and avenge her mother.
After a series of realistic crime-fighting, where the protagonist attempts to make a change, Maya begins to question the monsters and her limited power.  

Why make this film?

Aside this story being very personal and significant for the director, The Shadow of Cairo is essential on a much bigger scale. The film demonstrates the beauty and richness present in Egypt while discussing societal issues, all with the use of fantasy. 

The film market lacks Egyptian feminist fantastical films and we really cannot wait to fill this gap.

The Shadow of Cairo is led by a female protagonist and discusses women’s status in Egypt.  This makes it even more notable and significant with the current statistics of men dominating the film industry. According to statistics released as part of the BFI’s Filmography in British Film, analyzing 10,000 films and 250,000 cast and crew members, less than 1% of films made between 1913 and 2017 had a majority female crew. Furthermore, only 4.5% of all films worldwide have been directed by a woman (BFI study, 2017).  

The Impact

We aim to raise this budget in order to rent the necessary kit, locations and pay our talent and crew. It sadly isn’t cheap to make films (specifically one of this genre) and the whole crew is putting so much into this - we’re determined to work as hard as possible to fulfil this film’s potential. So please support us in any way you can, by donating or spreading the word.

Challenges

One of the major challenges is securing the necessary funds to get the right equipment, rent out locations and making sure the cast and crew are fed and happy. Reaching our goal in this crowd fund campaign will help us cover the necessary funds to make a great film.

Making a film can be tough, but we've already gathered some of the best talent out there. Our producer, director, cinematographer, editor and writers have had a lot of experience with professional and high-level filmmaking in the past 5 years. They really all are passionate and dedicated filmmakers who would do anything to make their dreams of filmmaking come true and be able to put stories on the screen. 

Other Ways You Can Help

We will be very grateful for any kind of support you can offer, whether it's donating or spreading the word by sharing this page! 

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Good Karma

Currency Conversion $1 USD
£1 GBP
Our team will make a ritual of holding hands and thinking about each person who sends £1, maybe with a lit candle in the middle. We'll be sending you so much good karma, until you burst. But really, even £1 will help us a lot.
Included Items
  • Positive thoughts
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An Emergency Hug

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
Out of nowhere you will be bombarded by one of our crew members' hugs. And if you're not keen on hugs, a very firm handshake will replace it. Of course, this will also be accompanied by our ritual of holding hands and sending positive thoughts and good karma to you!
Included Items
  • Warm hug
  • Firm handshake
1 claimed

Goodybag

Currency Conversion $12 USD
£10 GBP
This one includes all of the above: Positive thoughts, good karma, emergency hug or firm handshake. On top of that, we'll be giving you a bag of candies (chocolates and sweets).
Included Items
  • Good Karma
  • Warm hug
  • Candy
4 claimed

The Poster

Currency Conversion $31 USD
£25 GBP
We'll send you the inspiring poster our great Graphic Designer, Andrew McGee, created! (With all of the above perks of course)
Included Items
  • Poster
4 claimed
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A Designed Shirt

Currency Conversion $43 USD
£35 GBP
We'll send you a shirt with The Shadow's logo on the shirt! It'll be subtle so that you can wear it anywhere without having to promote the film!
Included Items
  • Designed Shirt
1 claimed
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The Poster and Shirt

Currency Conversion $62 USD
£50 GBP
By donating £50, you'll be getting all of the above! A Poster, a designed shirt on top of the Goodybag of Good Karma, Warm hug and candy!
Included Items
  • Poster
  • Designed Shirt
2 claimed
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Free Dinner

Currency Conversion $92 USD
£75 GBP
By donating a generous £75, you'll get a free dinner on us! You'll have immensely helped us reach our goal, so we're repaying you in the form of love, by taking you out for food at some of our favourite restaurants.
Included Items
  • Free Dinner
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A Patch & all of the above

Currency Conversion $123 USD
£100 GBP
Hitting the big £100 means so much to us so we'll be offering you all of the above! (Karma, Hug, Candy, Poster, Shirt, Dinner). Additionally, we'll be sending you a patch with the logo of the film.
Included Items
  • Good Karma
  • Warm hug
  • Candy
  • Poster
  • Designed Shirt
  • Free Dinner
  • Patch
1 out of 10 of claimed
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Co-Executive Credit & Premiere

Currency Conversion $308 USD
£250 GBP
By donating £250, you'll be credited as Co-Executive Producer on this short, and will become part of our crew. You'll also get an immediate online premiere of the film once it is finalised.
Included Items
  • Co-Executive Producer credit
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Custom-made Superhero Poster

Currency Conversion $616 USD
£500 GBP
Our talented Graphic Designer will draw you as an awesome Superhero and we'll make it into a poster! You would also get all of the above perks with it.
Included Items
  • Custom-made Superhero Poster
0 out of 3 of claimed
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Executive Producer Credit

Currency Conversion $1,231 USD
£1,000 GBP
By investing £1000 into The Shadow of Cairo, you will be credited as Executive Producer. You will be kept updated throughout every filming stage, and will be joining our Shadow family. You will also be getting all of the above perks with so much love.
Included Items
  • Executive Producer
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Vue Premiere Ticket

Currency Conversion $1,847 USD
£1,500 GBP
On top of getting every perk listed above and being listed as Executive Producer, you'll get one of our very limited tickets to attend the premiere screening of The Shadow of Cairo along with many other great short films, at Vue Cinema on the 13th of November.
Included Items
  • Premiere Ticket
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