Nabiha Lotfy

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Nabila Lotfy is a Lebanese actor and documentary filmmaker. She has lived most of her life in Egypt. She studied at the American University in Cairo in 1953, where she was sacked due to her political activism, then moved to Cairo to join the Faculty of Arts, then the Hihg Institute of Cinema in 1960. She graduated as a film director in 1964, becoming one of the first institute's graduates, and worked as an assistant director in numerous feature films, before focusing almost entirely on directing documentary films. She was one of the founders of the New Cinema Group in 1986, and worked in the Experimental Film Centre with Shady Abdel Salam. She wrote several articles about cinema, and was a member of the Arab Documentary Filmmakers Guild. She also appeared as an actress in Daoud Abdel Sayed's "Rasa'el Elbahr" (Messages of the Sea), Ibrahim El Batout's "Ein Shams", and in the television series "Elkhawaga Abdel Qader", and the short film "Zeyara Yawmeya" (Daily Visit).

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Messages of the Sea
Messages of the Sea
Franshiska
A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Children's Games
Children's Games
Director
In a quiet film, where words are almost absent, Nabiha Lotfi films children from a village in Upper Egypt. They create their own toys with everyday objects and utensils.
Because Roots Don’t Die
Because Roots Don’t Die
Director
The siege of Tel al-Zaatar took place during the Lebanese Civil War on 12 August 1976. Tel al-Zaatar (The Hill of Thyme) was a UNRWA administered Palestinian Refugee camp housing approximately 50,000-60,000 refugees in northeast Beirut.
The Estranged Brothers
The Estranged Brothers
Script
The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her.