19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Tribute to Shadi Abdu Al Salam

Engravings on a Ray of Light - Kamal Al Sheikh

Engravings on a Ray of Light - Kamal Al Sheikh
by Ahmad Abu Zeid
Country: Egypt
Year: 1997
Duration: 75'


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 and screenplay: Ahmad Abu Zeid.
Director of photography: Husam Hasn.
Editor: Ashraf Allam.
Produttore esecutivo: Affaf Toppala.
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