1. Islam el Azzazi
B i o g r a p h y
Filmmaker
Writer/Director
50 Reyad st. Mohandeseen – Giza / Egypt
azzazyi@gmail.com
+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.
2. Islam El Azzazi
F i l m o g r a p h y
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2015 ﱡﺪﺣَﻮﱠﺗ (Autism)
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)
A 7 Min. Video
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2015 َﺴﺘﺮﺗ (Disguise)
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)
A 4 Min. Video
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2012 ﻧﺴﻋﻤﻞ ﺨﺔ (A Working Copy) *
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)
A 4.30 Min. 16mm
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2011 ﺍاﻟﺸﻌﻮﺭرﻳﯾﺔ ﺍاﻟﺬﺍاﻛﺮﺓة ﻣﻦ (Friday of Rage) *
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)
A 4 Min. Video
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2006 /5. و 13#ر (Day & Night) *
Short fiction
(Writer, Director)
DVcam 34 Min.
Awards
Best Actor, Bassem Samra & Best Production
(2emes Rencontres De L’Image – Cairo 2006)
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Best Film (Sawi Short Film Festival - Cairo 2007)
Festivals
2emes Rencontres De L’Image – Cairo 2006
Rotterdam Arab film festival 2006 - official selection
FIPAfilm festival 2006 - official selection
Sawi Short Film Festival - Cairo 2007
National Festival for Egyptian Cinema - Cairo 2007
CinemaEast Film Festival – New York 2007
11th Annual Arab Film Festival 2007 (San Francisco- Los Angeles)
Tarifa-African film festival / Spain 2008
ALFILM – The Arab Film Festival / Berlin 2011
Gulbenkian Program - Next Future / Portugal 2012
TV Screenings
O tv / Egypt
Al Sharjah tv / UAE
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2003 Dominate your Eyes -25* ف 0,%$إ *
Documentary
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Director/Writer)
DVcam 45 Min.
Awards
Nominated ( National Film Festival of Egyptian cinema 2004 )
Best Documentary ( El Sawi Documentary Festival – Cairo 2006 )
3. 2001 ﺍاﻟﻔﻴﯿﻮﻡم ﻭوﺟﻮﻩه (Fayuom Portraits) *
Documentary
(Writer, Director)
Digital Beta 24 Min.
Festivals
/F+->@F4:ا 2وتF. -مEأ 21-نB=-2وتF.٢٠٠٢ Beirut Cinematic Days Film Festival 2002
ﺍاﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﯿﺔ ﺍاﻟﺸﺎﺷﺔ ﻣﻬﮭﺮﺟﺎﻥن-ﺍاﻟﺪﻭوﺣﺔ٢۲٠۰٠۰٢۲ Arab Screen Film Festival - Doha 2002
ﺍاﻟﻨﻄﺎﻕق ﻣﻬﮭﺮﺟﺎﻥن-ﺍاﻟﻘﺎﻫﮬﮪھﺮﺓة٢٠٠٢ Al Netaq Art Festival - Cairo 2002
The Desert Rain Independent Film & Video Festival - Avezzano, Italy 2002
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1994 ﺍاﻟﻈﻞ ﻳﯾﺴﻜﻨﻬﮭﺎ ﻣﺪﻳﯾﻨﺔ (A City Inhabited by Shadows)
Documentary
(Producer, Editor, D.O.P & Co-Writer/Director)
VHS 20 Min.
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1993 ا.&(ز (The Beads) *
Short fiction
(Writer, Director)
Based on (The Idiot) of Dostoevsky
35mm 18 Min.
Festivals
National Film Festival of Egyptian cinema 1994
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1992 ﻣﺎﺭرﺱس (March)
Short fiction
(Writer, Director)
35mm 3 Min.
Festivals
Ismailya Film Festival - Egypt 1993
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