Simon El Habre

Movies

Very Big Shot
Editor
A dark comedy about brothers running a drug-dealing business out of their takeout pizzeria.
Waves
Editor
A personal essay film in which the director recounts his experiences living in the Egyptian city of Suez. In particular he focuses on the city's role in the revolution of 2011.
Semaan Bil Day'ia
Writer
Documentary about a village with one inhabitant.
Semaan Bil Day'ia
Director
Documentary about a village with one inhabitant.
Little Eagles
Editor
Mohammed, the son of a simple worker, lives in the city of Alexandria with his father and dreams of moving to Cairo to become a filmmaker. In Cairo, Mohammed meets Salma and Bassam and is impressed by their self-confidence. When he discovers that Salma and Bassam’s parents were left-wing activists from the 1970s, he looks for a similar sense of purpose in his own father’s life. As he compares lives, Mohammed the filmmaker discovers answers. More importantly, he is led to new questions that connect the past with the present.