Four young women living in Cairo—Sarah, Nadine, Wafaa, and Sondos—use video cameras to explore their own lives as visual artists, dancers, and writers in this collaborative video-autobiography directed by Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom. The astonishing range of the women’s footage, from humorous to tragic, from straight documentary to purely experimental, conveys cogent insights about today’s Egypt. The film includes daring imagery that visually connects sand, skin, and water, along with gritty scenes of relentless Cairo traffic and weary city-dwellers. Ana Ana means “I am me” in Arabic, and the film is at once a timeless, deeply personal narrative and a rich commentary on the post-revolutionary situation in Egypt as well as the complexities of women’s roles in the Arab world. Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s evocative soundtrack complements the film’s captivating visual texture.  NK