Egypt Independent Egyptian film director Omar al-Zuhairy, 33, won the grand prize for his film ‘Reesh’ (Feathers) at the International Critics’ Week competition during the 74th Cannes Film Festival in France. ‘Reesh’ is al-Zuhairy’s first feature film, who also contributed to its script. The film is a joint Egyptian, French, …
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Egyptianstreets Having worked with major artists and clients, 26-year-old Sherif Higazy is an Egyptian director, designer, and producer whose name you won’t want to forget. Sherif founded and is currently the Executive Producer of Thermonuclear, a Los Angeles based content studio “powering tomorrow’s stories for various industry leaders”. He has …
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Egyptianstreets Netflix announced this week the upcoming production of an original Egyptian TV-series entitled Paranormal, based on the Arabic horror books of late Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. “We are excited to continue our investment in Middle Eastern productions by adapting the highly acclaimed ‘Paranormal’ novels into a thrilling new …
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Egyptianstreets Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, will launch the first forum for female directors in Egypt by next August to empower their creative abilities. In a statement, Dr. Maya Morsi, President of the Council, said on Saturday that the forum aims to …
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Exploring the challenges female directors face in the Egyptian cinema with Nada Riyadh, whose short film The Trap is screened at Cannes this year. Nahed Nasr – Al-Ahram Weekly Saturday 18 May saw the world premiere of the Egyptian filmmaker Nada Riyadh’s short fiction film Fakh (The Trap) at the 58th round …
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