Directors:
Jehane Noujaim
Initial release:
January 18, 2013
Watch on:
The Square
The Egyptian Revolution was a hallmark moment in the fight for democracy in the Middle East. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million man march. At the beginning of July 2013, we witnessed the second president deposed within the space of three years. The Square is an immersive experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces, in the fight to create a society of conscience.

PRODUCED BY
Ibrahim Alhusseini
Karim Amer
Virginia Cromie
Gavin Dougan
Jodie Evans
Maxyne Franklin
Muhammad Hamdy
Sarah E. Johnson
Pedro Kos
Mike Lerner
Arif Naqvi
Jehane Noujaim
Andy Rocklin
Lekha Singh

MUSIC BY
Jonas Colstrup
H. Scott Salinas

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Muhammad Hamdy
Ahmed Hassan
Jehane Noujaim
Cressida Trew

ART DEPARTMENT
Ammar Abo Bakr

SOUND DEPARTMENT
Ahmed Afifi
Andrea Bella
Leslie Bloome
Danielle Dupre
Michael Feuser

PRODUCED BY
Dina Amer
Daniel E. Catullo
Adam Del Deo
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Stuart Farmer
Nicole Guillemet
Alexandra Johnes
Yasmin Kamel
Clark Langon
Clare Munn
Lisa Nishimura
Khalil Noujaim
Tarek Shoeb
Cressida Trew

FILM EDITING BY
Christopher de la Torre
Mohamed El Manasterly
Pierre Haberer
Pedro Kos
Stefan Ronowicz
Karim Fanous
Engy Wegdan

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Dina Adel
Lori Sloan

SOUND DEPARTMENT
John Nutt
Tony Sereno
Mahmoud Zaghloul
Eric Milano
Tom Paul

CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
Salma Amer
Christopher de la Torre
Mona Eldaief
Yasmin Kamel
Khaled Nagy
Sanaa Seif

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Dalia M. Ali
Ahmed Barbary
Mohamed Effat
Maria Luisa Gambale
Patrick Gerrity
Ari Kaye
James Reyes
Salma Amir Salem
Sanaa Seif
Zack Charney Cohen

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Matthew Atticus Berger
Vivi Rojas

ADDITIONAL CREW
Dina Adel
Shanshan Chen
Josh Cockcroft
Jennifer Durrett
David Magdael
Nagham Osman
Salma Amir Salem
Robert Stein
Mahyad Tousi
Ursula Wurnitsch

SOUND DEPARTMENT
Karim Amer
Mark Berger
Gavin Dougan
Ahmed Fathy
Chris Gridley
Tom Paul
Carl Shillito
Gavin Dougan
John Nutt
Tony Sereno

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Leslie Atkins
Eyal Dimant
Rana Essam Farid
David Gauff
Yasmin Kamel
Ahmed Knagy
Mostafa Roshdy
Sarah Amir Salem
Jeremiah Zagar

ADDITIONAL CREW
Sabrina Chammas
Scott Cherhoniak
Jerry L. Dasti
Tamer el Demerdash
Tracy Nguyen-Chung
Palina Prasasouk
Sarah Amir Salem
Maureen Sullivan
Lisa Wisely

THANKS
Andrew Kwatinetz
Yahia Lababidi
Diana Lady
Zachary Lainer
Adrian Lam
Frank Lampen
Avid Larizadeh
Hameda Lasheen
Lauren
Tan Le
David Leaf
Alex Lee
Ellie Lee
Karen Leggett
Eva Och Margareta Leijon
Libby Lenkinski
Else Lenselink
Tim Lenz
Danielle Leonard
Emily Levine
Katie Levinthal
Mike Levinthal
Zac Levinthal
Hermine Lewis
Kelly Lewis
Susan Lewis
Caroline Libresco
Parker Lindner
Maria Lisitsyna
Joshua Liston
Alexis Lloyd
Kirsten Lodal
Rosalie Parker Loewen
Melody London
Josh Lowden
Nancy Lublin
Avram Ludwig
Angela Lueck
Mai Mabrouk
David Magdael
Sharif Maghraby
Marina Mahathir
Kareem Makhlouf
Elizabeth Malone
Manoj
Sherif Mansour
Christopher Martin
Lara Suzanne Martin
Stephen Marzola
Shyam Maskai
Mada Masr
Paul Matthews
Donald McCready
Gretchen McGowan
Tom McGreevy
Lindsay McKay
Mostafa Medhat
Matthias Meier
Cara Mertes
Harry Miktarian
Daniel Mills
Fatheya Abdel Moaty
Sarah Mohr
Waleed Mohsen
Ayman Mohyeldin
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
Matthew Mougalian
Gehan Moustafa
Tian Mu
Joe Mullin
Clare Munn
Michael Murphy
Douglas Murray
Shinu Murthy
Massimiliano Musina
Omar Nagi
Neill Nagib
Khaled Naim
Meena Nanji
Neela
Thom Powers Raphaela Neihausen
Jonathan Nelms
Decker Tanke’ Ngongang
Nina
Amy Novogratz
Jon Null
Nushin
Russell O’Bryan
Dana O’Keefe
Carl N. Oerke Jr.
Gamal Omar
Lorenzo Ongaro
Alan Oxman
Denis P.
Alyse Pask
Izhar Patkin
Michael Pavicic
James Pendergrast
D.A. Pennebaker
Susie DeLelis Petruccelli
Phoebe
Laura Poitras
Josh Polon
Brandon Porter
Shelly Porter
Morten Poulsen
Paul G. Preston
Nicole Pritchett
Nick Quested
Mira Raid
Steve Raizes
Katerina Rance
Erika Rand
Catherine Raphael
Jerry Rappaport
Masood Razaq
Buffy Redsecker
Patrick Regan
Sascha Reining
Rena
Gini Reticker
Scott Reuber
Gastón de los Reyes
Gabriel Rhodes
Michael A. Riccardi
Perry Rice
Riva Richmond
Ricky
Andy Rocklin
Sarah Rocklin
S. Ross
Cathy Runyan-Svacina
Josh Rushing
Paige Rushing
Donella J. Russell
Joseph Sabek
Karim Sabet
Chris Sacca
Christopher Sachs
Marjan Safinia
Amr Salama
Fathy Salama
Zainab Salbi
Ahmed Saleh
Amir Salem
Mahmoud Salem
Hesham Sallam
Zena Sallam
Samuel
Vidya San
Sara
Sarem
Dani R. Schafer
Nahanaeli Schelling
Cameron Schiller
Kathy Schlein
Cynthia Schneider
Simon Schneider
Wayne Schuurman
David Schwenninger
Scott
Fred D. Scott
Jess Search
Jon Seaton
Alaa Seif
Hussein Semedah
Patricia Seo-Mayer
Pascaline Servan-Shreiber
Ghada Shahbander
Hossam Shakralla
Muna Shami
Zack Sheppard
Mira Shihadeh
Yasmine Shihata
Joel Shine
Lisa Shine
Hossam Shobokshi
Karim Shokair
Steve Shurtz
Paula Silver
Cameron Sinclair
Pierre Sioufi
Michael Skolnik
Jill Sobule
Edward Soliman
Amir Soltani
Petra Sonderegger
Naomi Spinak
Liam Stack
Jessica Steel
Fisher Stevens
Wendell Stevenson
Yancey Strickler
Earl Sullivan
Jim Swartz
Susan Swartz
Yassin Tag
Siamak Taghaddos
T. Tahere
Amr Tannir
Khaled Tawfik
Radhi Taylor
Hank Willis Thomas
Kathy L. Tobiassen
Lindsay Tomenson
Mehran C. Torgoley
Nadine Toukan
Mahyad Tousi
Kate Townsend
Beautiful Trouble
Veronica Tucillo
Elena Uribe
Gayla VandenBosche
Sarah Vanouwerkerk
Rosadel Varela
Emily Verellen
Mark Vicente
Nicholas Vissicheli
Björn Wagner
Nile Werdani
Diane Weyermann
Frank Weyzig
Amanda Whitecotten
Nick Whiu
Ron J. Williams
Kevin Winter
Nicole Wittenberg
Naomi Wolf
Ryan Wolper
Christopher Woodrow
Kim Worsencroft
Sarem Yadegari
Holly Yocom
Rahilla Zafar
Tieg Zaharia
Yehia Zakariya
Hosam Zedan
Nicholas Zevely
Jeff Zimbalist
Michael Zimbalist

THANKS
Abby
Alseini Abdulsamad
Mohamed Aboshihata
Rebecca Abou-Chedid
Muna AbuSulayman
Ahadji
Zeshan Ahmad
Aida Al Ayouby
Hani Al Masri
Tamara Al Soleiman
Fahd Al Turki
Talal M.A. Al-Faisal
Mina Al-Oraibi
Sultan Al-Saud
Yasmina Alami
Ahmed Ali
Nick Allardice
Lawson Allen
Elizabeth Alsop
Omar Amanat
Anthony Ames
Robert Amling
John Anania
Max Anders
Mona Anis
Monica Arango
Maya Arison
Robert Armstrong
Barbara Arredondo
Raffi Asdourian
Ashazly
Alex Asseily
Alexander Asseily
Arianna Astuni
Pam Bailey
Brian Bain
Peggy Baker
Hamdy Bakheet
Analisa Balares
Robert Banack
Bardia
Joselyn Barnes
Joslyn Barnes
Peter Barsoom
Raphael Bassalobre
Keren Batiyov
Bristol Baughan
Kim S. Beamish
Cynthia Beard
Harry Belafonte
Maria Bello
Bente
Khairy Beshara
Amir Beshay
Bridget Best
Anurima Bhargava
Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Aleksandra Bilic
Joe Bini
Michael Black
Ann Blinkhorn
Sebastian Bloching
Irene Boghdadi
Sherif Borai
Hatem Borham
Jean-Philippe Boucicaut
Rachel E. Bowen
Bill Bragin
Joe Braidwood
Pepper Brill
Kim Brizzolara
Tyler Brodie
Meredith Brody
Ellen Brooks
James Brownsell
Brynn
Rolf-Günter Bultmann
Melissa Burnett
Cairokee
Wes Callender
Beverly Camine
Elisabetta Caraccia
David Carmel
Antonia Carver
Sergio Castillo
Alexandru Catona
Madelyn Catullo
Cliff Chandler
Anand Chandrasekaran
Calvin Chin
Christopher
Brian Christu
Eric Church
Delia Cohen
Esther Cohen
Molly Conners
Geoff Cooper
Julie Cote
David Courier
Mitchel Courtright
Roger Couture
T. Thorn Coyle
Eduardo Cruz
Hussain Currimbhoy
Jessica Cutler
Doug Dalton
Arash Danesh
Anders Danielsen
Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki
Lubna Darwish
Jacqueline Davalos
Jamie Daves
Walter Ray Davis Jr.
Tarek Dawoud
Dominique Day
Sarah W. DeCew
Stuart DeCew
Ronald U. Denmon
Vineet Dewan
Andre Dienske
Hâ Djar
Adam Dorn
Gavin Dougan
Lynn Dougan
Pragito Dove
Sandi Simcha Dubowski
Byron Murray Dueck
Alex Dunnett
Mohammed Effat
Joseph Effendy
Amr Eid
Dahlia Eissa
Marwa El Ansary
Mahmoud El Antaki
Sarah El Batanouny
Fadia El Helw
Mohamed El Helw
Mohammed El Moshir
Mohamed El Raie
Tamer El Said
Nora El Samahy
Sameh Seif El Yazal
Radwa El-Barbary
Salma ElDardiry
Kathy Eldon
Karim Elhelaly
Eliana
Allison Ellwood
Omar Elsehety
Luise Erdmann
Tim Errickson
Mariam Eshghi
Warren Etheredge
Wendy Ettinger
Sabrine Fahmy
Seif Fahmy
Moustafa Farag
Nesma Farahat
Aya Fasih
Fatima
Kristen Feely
Alex Fendrich
Carlos Hernandez Ferreiro
Allyson Nadia Field
Patricia Finneran
Beadie Finzi
Shelli Fitzgerald
Yee Fong
Shahenaz Fouad
Kathy Francke
Kelly Frank
Nick Fraser
Charlie Furman
Sherif Gaber
Gabriela
Goya Gallagher
Sara Gamay
Greeta Gandbhir
Aaron Gershenberg
Julia Gershenberg
Razan Ghalayini
Fatma Ghaly
Kamal Aboul Gheit
Shreya Ghosh
Amr Gineina
Karim Gineina
Sabrina Gineina
Aaron Goldberg
Rachel Goldstein
Gordon
Kai Gradert
Ilan Graicer
Megan Greenfield
Micheal Guirguis
Farrah Guneina
Brian Guthrie
Sol Guy
Dominique Gygax
Donna Haaf
Tarek Habib
Ramzi Habibi
Engi Haddad
Khalid Hadeed
Rawan Hadid
Emily Grace Haevner
Omar Hafez
Nakano Hajime
Iman Hamam
Han
Oli Harbottle
Oz Hassan
Bryan Hatfield
Shelby Hatfield
Jaime Ratliff Hayams
Alan Hayling
Mohamed Hefzy
Chris Hegedus
Judith Helfand
Tiffany Hequin
Christopher Herot
Ken Hertz
Mike Hettwer
Jack Hicks
Omar Hikal
Pati Hillis
Lee Hirsch
Peter Hirshberg
Pete Horner
Jim Hornthal
Shirine Hossaini
Hannah Huelsing
A. Hung
Nazli Hussein
Mika Immonen
Tamer Issa
Eugene Jarecki
Brett Jelinek
Guy Jobbins
Reed Johnstone
Reid Jordan
Josh
Carol Julien
Victoria Kandalaft
Andrew S. Karsch
Ramy Kato
Omar Kazimi
Karim Kelani
Joel Kellman
Joy Kellman
Nina Keneally
Ellie Khadr
Sahiba Khan
Fahad Khater
Sahar Khedr
Delnaz Khoramabadi
Kevin Kinsella
Mathew Kleigman
Michael Kleinman
Simon Klose
Janet Knipe
Ricardo Korda
Jason Koresko
Paulo Kos
Pedro Kos
Moataz Kotb
Daniel Kraft
Barbara Kuhl
Bradley Kuper-Smith
Kevin Kurth

‘The Square’ movie review: An exhilarating portrait of Egyptian politics
“An exhilarating portrait...immensely moving...vibrant, lyrical, graphic, sobering...altogether remarkable“
The Washington Post
Brave Optimism of Tahrir Square Meets Other Fierce Forces
“Stunning...a revelation…[a] fearless exercise in political reportage...formidable“
The New York Times
The Square (Al Midan): Sundance Review
“Fulfilling the highest calling of documentary films…a daring and provocative piece of work...eye-opening“
The Hollywood Reporter
Review: ‘The Square’ bears witness to Egyptian revolution
“Articulate, thoughtful and intensely dramatic...a compelling inside look...a masterful job“
Los Angeles Times
The Square – review
“An immersive and atmospheric account“
The Guardian
Three Protesters, One 'Square': Film Goes Inside Egypt's Revolution
“An engrossing, beautifully shot documentary“
NPR