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Omar El Zohairy

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Omar El Zohairy studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo and worked as an assistant director on feature films of Egypt’s most prominent filmmakers, including Yousri Nasrallah. His short film, The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometre 375, was the first Egyptian film to be selected for the Cinéfondation competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film went on to win several awards around the world.

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깃털

Screenplay

떠버리 남편이 아들의 생일잔치 도중 마술 상자 안에서 닭으로 변하면서, 평면적인 일상은 모험의 장이 된다. 하지만 보수적이며 차별적인 틀 속에서 부인이 주체적으로 해결할 수 있는 일은 없다. 삶을 구하려고 노력하면 할수록 시스템은 그녀를 더욱 구속한다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)

깃털

Director

The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375

Director

The film follows the aftermath of an unfortunate incident at the inauguration of a public toilet located in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Inspired by Anton Chekhov's short story "The Death Of A Government Clerk," director El Zohairy offers us a story about fear in a milieu where uniformity and hierarchy reigns, in which the poses and gestures of the actors express a lot more than their words.

Rags & Tatters

Assistant Director

In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.

After the Battle

Co-Director

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people involved in the incident.

Breath out

Writer

Between exhale and inhale, the events of the film revolve around a couple over the age of seventy, whose life is silent, surrounded by boring, repetitive daily details.

Breath out

Director

Between exhale and inhale, the events of the film revolve around a couple over the age of seventy, whose life is silent, surrounded by boring, repetitive daily details.

Breathe Out

Director

The windows are closed. Everything the old man can hear is the heavy breath of his wife. The slow routines of ageing and the decay of the body are closely examined in beautiful intensity.

Breathe Out

Writer

The windows are closed. Everything the old man can hear is the heavy breath of his wife. The slow routines of ageing and the decay of the body are closely examined in beautiful intensity.

은밀한 고백

Co-Director

TV쇼 호스트 '헤바'. 그녀의 쇼는 정치적 이슈를 주로 다룬다. 그녀의 남편 '카림'은 정부산하로 운영되는 신문사의 편집부 임원이다. 그의 야망은 편집장으로 승진하는 것. 그는 회사에서의 입지를 점점 굳혀가고 있지만, 늘 정부정책의 반대에 선 그의 아내의 쇼가 발목을 잡는다. 그는 자신의 아내에게 당분간만이라도 정치적 이슈가 아닌 소소한 가십거리로 방송을 꾸며가는건 어떻겠냐며 제안한다. 그녀는 남편을 위해 이집트에 살고 있는 여성들의 소소한 이야기로 토크쇼를 진행해가기로 한다. 그런데 시작되는 그녀들의 이야기는 곧 사회적 정치적억압속에 살고 있는 이집트 여성들의 이야기로 엮어져 가는데...