Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Since 2012, Orient Productions has been organising the annual Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), the largest international, multidisciplinary arts festival in Egypt. The festival brings together artists and practitioners from all around the world to showcase and discuss contemporary work. Throughout the years, our programme has included performing arts, new media and visual arts, music, film, street performances, workshops and panel discussions.

Through our programme, we aim to show innovative work of quality, providing Cairo’s audiences with a fresh perspective on what the arts can look like. This reflects on both the form and content of what we present. Our programme aims to challenge the traditional relationship between audience and performer; break apart boundaries set between disciplines; and offer new ways of thinking about the world we live in today.