Halim: The Dark Whistling Nightingale

This ongoing project is based on found footage of Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez, seen and heard angrily whistling back at his audience for mysterious reasons. Further investigation revealed more footage of the event, leading to a second video drawn from newly found interviews. In these, Halim attempts to justify his behavior with absurd stories, such as a man climbing on stage to force him into a bizarre jacket, or a group of 20 to 25 audience members disrupting the concert with referee whistles.