Karim El Shenawy

Karim El Shenawy

História

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.

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Karim El Shenawy
Karim El Shenawy

Filmes

Morto à queima-roupa
Director
Quando uma manifestação termina em violência, um médico forense e uma jornalista partem em busca da verdade.
Clash
First Assistant Director
Quando está no fim o governo do presidente Mohamed Morsi, eleito através da primeira eleição geral do Egito após a deposição do ditador Hosni Mubarak, tudo muda para os egípcios. Inspirado em acontecimentos reais, passa-se quase todo numa furgão de 8 metros da polícia durante uma manifestação no Cairo, no verão 2013, dois anos depois da revolução do Egipto. No rescaldo da destituição do presidente islamita Morsi, um veículo da polícia cheio de manifestantes com convicções políticas e religiosas divergentes, atravessa a cidade em estado de sítio com violentos protestos. Conseguirão os detidos conciliar as suas diferenças para poder sobreviver?
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