Islam el Azzazi_Bio-Filmography_Portfolio

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Islam el Azzazi Biography Filmmaker Writer/Director 50 Reyad st. Mohandeseen – Giza / Egypt [email protected] +2 0122 7888 460 Born in Alexandria in 1971. Graduated from the High Institute of Cinema - Egypt in 1993. Since his graduation film, Azzazi has made several documentaries, experimental works, and short narrative films, including the award-winning narrative “Day and Night” (2006), which was screened at regional and international festivals. He has experience in filming, editing, and production, and is also a photographer and graphic designer. He has published a volume of poetry titled “The Flowers We Hold” (Dar Al-Jadid, Lebanon: 1995). Azzazi has worked with a number of performing arts and film institutions. From 1995 to 1999, he worked with El-Warsha Theater Troupe, spending three years in the troupe’s creative and administrative teams, and also training the troupe members on acting before a camera. He was a founding member of Semat (2006-2010), which focuses on independent film. Azzazi was the supervisor, curriculum developer, and primary instructor of two lengthy workshops held over five years that have created the core of the current independent film scene in Alexandria, in collaboration with the Jesuit Cultural Center (2002-2007). Azzazi contributed to the establishment of Wika Production and Distribution (2007) and was a member of its board until 2009. He also took part in the artistic supervision of the Analogue Zone Workshop #3 organized by Cimatheque in Cairo in 2014. Azzazi has been a member of the selection committees and juries of several festivals and film events. He is currently working on several artistic/cinematic projects, including his first narrative feature film.

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Islam el AzzaziB i o g r a p h y

Filmmaker Writer/Director

50 Reyad st. Mohandeseen – Giza / [email protected]+2 0122 7888 460

Born in Alexandria in 1971.Graduated from the High Institute of Cinema - Egypt in 1993.

Since his graduation film, Azzazi has made several documentaries, experimental works, and short narrative films, including the award-winning narrative “Day and Night” (2006), which was screened at regional and international festivals. He has experience in filming, editing, and production, and is also a photographer and graphic designer. He has published a volume of poetry titled “The Flowers We Hold” (Dar Al-Jadid, Lebanon: 1995).

Azzazi has worked with a number of performing arts and film institutions. From 1995 to 1999, he worked with El-Warsha Theater Troupe, spending three years in the troupe’s creative and administrative teams, and also training the troupe members on acting before a camera. He was a founding member of Semat (2006-2010), which focuses on independent film. Azzazi was the supervisor, curriculum developer, and primary instructor of two lengthy workshops held over five years that have created the core of the current independent film scene in Alexandria, in collaboration with the Jesuit Cultural Center (2002-2007). Azzazi contributed to the establishment of Wika Production and Distribution (2007) and was a member of its board until 2009. He also took part in the artistic supervision of the Analogue Zone Workshop #3 organized by Cimatheque in Cairo in 2014.

Azzazi has been a member of the selection committees and juries of several festivals and film events. He is currently working on several artistic/cinematic projects, including his first narrative feature film.

Islam El AzzaziF i l m o g r a p h y

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2015 (Autism) توحد(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)A 7 Min. Video______________________________________________________________________________________________

2015 (Disguise) تستر(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)A 4 Min. Video______________________________________________________________________________________________

2012 * (A Working Copy) خة عمل نس(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)A 4.30 Min. 16mm______________________________________________________________________________________________

2011 * (Friday of Rage) من االذااكرةة االشعورريیة(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)A 4 Min. Video______________________________________________________________________________________________

2006 * (Day & Night) نهار و ليلShort fiction(Writer, Director) DVcam 34 Min.

AwardsBest Actor, Bassem Samra & Best Production (2emes Rencontres De L’Image – Cairo 2006)-Best Film (Sawi Short Film Festival - Cairo 2007)

Festivals2emes Rencontres De L’Image – Cairo 2006Rotterdam Arab film festival 2006 - official selectionFIPAfilm festival 2006 - official selectionSawi Short Film Festival - Cairo 2007National Festival for Egyptian Cinema - Cairo 2007CinemaEast Film Festival – New York 200711th Annual Arab Film Festival 2007 (San Francisco- Los Angeles)Tarifa-African film festival / Spain 2008ALFILM – The Arab Film Festival / Berlin 2011Gulbenkian Program - Next Future / Portugal 2012

TV ScreeningsO tv / EgyptAl Sharjah tv / UAE

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2003 Dominate your Eyes إتحكم ف عينك * Documentary(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)DVcam 45 Min.

AwardsNominated ( National Film Festival of Egyptian cinema 2004 )Best Documentary ( El Sawi Documentary Festival – Cairo 2006 )

2001 * (Fayuom Portraits) ووجوهه االفيیوممDocumentary(Writer, Director) Digital Beta 24 Min.

Festivals٢٠٠٢بيروت - مهرجان أيام بيروت السينمائية Beirut Cinematic Days Film Festival 2002٢۲٠۰٠۰٢۲االدووحة - مهھرجانن االشاشة االعربيیة Arab Screen Film Festival - Doha 2002٢٠٠٢االقاهھھھرةة - مهھرجانن االنطاقق Al Netaq Art Festival - Cairo 2002

The Desert Rain Independent Film & Video Festival - Avezzano, Italy 2002

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1994 (A City Inhabited by Shadows) مديینة يیسكنهھا االظلDocumentary(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Co-Writer/Director)VHS 20 Min.

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1993 * (The Beads) الخرزShort fiction (Writer, Director)Based on (The Idiot) of Dostoevsky 35mm 18 Min.

Festivals National Film Festival of Egyptian cinema 1994

١٩٩٤ا)هرجان القومي للسينما ا)صرية

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1992 (March) ماررسس Short fiction

(Writer, Director)35mm 3 Min.

FestivalsIsmailya Film Festival - Egypt 1993

١٩٩٣عرض علي هامش مهرجان ا(سماعيلية ـ

Autism

A Working Copy