19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Animated Films

MUMTAZ

EXCELLENT
by Nos-hi Iskander
Country: Egypt
Year: 1975
Duration: 6'


A factory's preparations to welcome an important person. Everything seems to be going for the best, but when one of the workmen starts to read a paper listing various protests, someone grabs the paper out of his hand and removes the man from the crowd.

Biography

film director

Nos-hi Iskander

Nos-hi Iskander was born in 1938. In 1961 he began working for Egyptian television in the animation department, two years later he was made animation director. He directed his first short film, Wahed we khamsa (One and Five) in 1969. From 1976 to 1989 he was an illustrator for various magazines. In 1991 the Egyptian National Center for Cinema hired him to assist the students in the preparation of their final projects.

FILMOGRAFIA

Wahed we khamsa (Uno e cinque, 1969), Ma'alesh (Non fa niente, 1969), Ma'alum (È vero, 1969), Abd El Al (1969), Matloub (Domanda, 1969), Fen? (Dove? , 1974), El hujra raqam… (La stanza numero…, 1974), Mumtaz (Eccellente, 1975), Naznuz (1976), Nargess (1980).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, animazione e riprese: Nos-hi Iskander, Rida Giabran.
Editor: Adel Munir.
Sound: Majdi Kamel.
Music: Tariq Sharar.
PRODUZIONE: CENTRO NAZIONALE DEL CINEMA - IL CAIRO.
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