Karim El Shenawy

Karim El Shenawy

History

Egyptian director born in Cairo on 28 September. He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication - Cairo University in 2007, after which he traveled to London to study filmmaking. He served as AD on works such as Asmaa, and Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician. He directed his first short film Odd in 2013, which was screened at several film festivals.

Profile

Karim El Shenawy
Karim El Shenawy

Movies

Gunshot
Director
After a clash between a group of demonstrators and the security forces, one of the bodies of this clash is returned to the morgue with seven other bodies. The forensic doctor, Yassin Al-Manstarli, writes his medical report after examining the body and states that the victim was shot at close range, unlike the other bodies and the problems begins when this medical report leaks to the media.
Clash
First Assistant Director
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
Nawara
Co-Director
Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to leave the country temporarily and ask her to look after the villa. Flush with cash for expenses, Nawara calls her fiancé Mustafa and the two are soon enjoying a taste of life at the top. Her journey from the alleys of her poor neighborhood to the luxury compound brings with it the worries of the people and their simple dreams—and an experience she could never have imagined.
ODD
Director
ODD is Egyptian Short Film
Asmaa
Co-Director
A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
Tahrir 2011 : The Good and The bad and The Politician
Co-Director
Months after Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Egyptians country-wide seem determined to maintain the insurgency until their demands are met.
اتجاه المرج
Director
Elmarg Direction