19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Tribute to Shadi Abdu Al Salam
Engravings on a Ray of Light - Kamal Al Sheikh
by Ahmad Abu Zeid
The impassioned involvement of the filmmaker Ahmed Abu Zeid takes us into the world of Kamal Al Sheikh's cinema: the director's words, the images of his films, statements by cinema insiders.
Biography
film director
Ahmad Abu Zeid
Ahmad Abu Zeid was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1967. After graduating in Mass Communications from the University of Cairo, he worked as director's assistant on numerous television and cinematographic productions. In 1992 he graduated from the Center of Media Arts of New York, and also received a degree in directing from New York University. In 1993 he wrote and directed Invalid Dreams, about the life of Egyptian emigrants in New York. Since 1996 he is a director for Egyptian television.
FILMOGRAFIA
Invalid Dreams (doc., 1993), The White Dove (doc., 1995), Engravings on a ray of light - Kamal Al Sheikh (doc., 1997), El Hawy (The Street Entertainer, doc., 1999), Palestine - 52 Years of Occupation (doc., 2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Husam Hasn.
Editor: Ashraf Allam.
Produttore esecutivo: Affaf Toppala.