Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader () (born on December 19, 1979,

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) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter. His debut feature film is '' Heliopolis'' (2009); his second film is ''

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'' (2010). He studied music in the 1990s and began working as a film editor in 1999. He moved to feature-length films in 2002 and began doubling as a visual effects supervisor and credits designer. He was winner of the Best First screenplay Award of Sawiris Foundation in Cairo 2008 for ''Heliopolis''. His upcoming film ''

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'' has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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. Participated as a jury member in some film festivals like

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in the 2014 Edition and

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and others. Had his first retrospective in

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in 2014.

Festivals and awards

Decor - 2014

Producer by New Century in Cairo, the first high-budget film for him, Starring Khaled Abul Naga,

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and Horeya Farghaly, The film was premiered in

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BFI, and announced for the Middle East Premier in

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Handstand: Breaking Boundaries - 2014

Produced by

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in Cairo, the first Documentary film for B-Boys in Egypt, Starring Charley Breaka and Klash, The film was premiered in Zawya Cinema in downtown Cairo, and caused a buzz in the Breaking scene worldwide.

Rags and Tatters - 2013

premiered at

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2013, then participated in the official competition in

and was the finest Arabic film in the competition, and screened at many other festivals like

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and the Cinemed International Mediterranean Film Festival of

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. The film had positive reviews in international press such as Variety, The Guardian, and Huffington Post.

Microphone - 2010

* World Premier:

2010 * Won— Golden Tulip from

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- 2011 * Won— Best Film – El Festival de Cine Africano de

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2011 * Won— Tanit d'or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage * Won— Best Editing Award from

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* Won— Best Film- le 9e FESTIVAL des CINÉMAS d'AFRIQUE du PAYS d'

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– 2011 * Won— Best Arabic-language film Award from

Heliopolis - 2009

* World Premier:

2009. * won the Special mention award at

in 2009 * The Original script won the best first screenplay award of Sawiris Foundation in December 2007.

References

External links

Ahmadabdalla.net
Director : Ahmad Abdalla official website. *
www.africine.org
Ahmad Abdalla at Africiné

Variety Review, 2009
Toronto Film Festival
Heliopolis in

1979 births Egyptian film directors Living people {{Egypt-bio-stub