Palestinian Film
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professor, Egypt
Dr. Amr El-Leithy is a professor of directing at the High Institute of Cinema, a board member of the Academy of Arts, and the Vice President of the Chamber of Cinema Industry. Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Research and Public Opinion Polls Center at Misr University for Science and Technology, and he is also the President of the Union of Radio and Television Organizations of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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Filmmaker, Jordan
Layaly Badr is a Jordanian filmmaker of Palestinian origin. She started working as a children’s story writer and screenwriter before starting to study film in Germany. She has published two books, Lobana wal Qamar and Nahr wa Shajara.
Layaly Badr has won several awards for her audiovisual works and clips for television, musical films that combine real images and animation. Her short film Road to Palestine, produced in 1985 by the PLO, won German television’s The Golden Lorbeer, the Best Play for Children at the Tunis Arab Television Festival and the Damascus Television Festival Pioneer Award. It also received a special mention at the Isfahan Children’s Film Festival. This animated short film for children is based on the testimony of Laila, a Palestinian girl who looks at the sky while her mother combs her hair and sees hot-air balloons fall directly on top of the target, Palestine.
Layaly Badr is a Jordanian filmmaker of Palestinian origin. She started working as a children’s story writer and screenwriter before starting to study film in Germany. She has published two books, Lobana wal Qamar and Nahr wa Shajara.
Layaly Badr has won several awards for her audiovisual works and clips for television, musical films that combine real images and animation. Her short film Road to Palestine, produced in 1985 by the PLO, won German television’s The Golden Lorbeer, the Best Play for Children at the Tunis Arab Television Festival and the Damascus Television Festival Pioneer Award. It also received a special mention at the Isfahan Children’s Film Festival. This animated short film for children is based on the testimony of Laila, a Palestinian girl who looks at the sky while her mother combs her hair and sees hot-air balloons fall directly on top of the target, Palestine.
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Actor, Egypt
Moustafa Shaaban is an Egyptian actor who began his career in university theater while studying at the Faculty of Media at Cairo University. His stage debut came in 1992 with Mohamed Sobhi’s play Bil-Arabi Al-Fusih, followed by his first film role in Romantica (1996), directed by Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab. Shaaban won the Best Actor award for A Girl from Israel (1999) and The Honor (2000). His breakout year was 2001, with notable roles in the series A Family of Hajj Metwali with Nour El Sherif and the film Silence… We’re Rolling, directed by Youssef Chahine.
He starred in multiple films, including The Ostrich and the Peacock (2002), Keep Your Mind Clear (2002), Mafia (2002), Open Your Eyes (2005), Code 36 (2007), and The String (2010). He won the Best Actor award for his roles in the films “A Girl from Israel,” “Honor,” “The Ostrich and the Peacock,” “Keep Your Mind Clear,” “Mafia,” “The String,” and others. Recently, Shaaban has focused on television drama, delivering a series of notable works.
Moustafa Shaaban is an Egyptian actor who began his career in university theater while studying at the Faculty of Media at Cairo University. His stage debut came in 1992 with Mohamed Sobhi’s play Bil-Arabi Al-Fusih, followed by his first film role in Romantica (1996), directed by Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab. Shaaban won the Best Actor award for A Girl from Israel (1999) and The Honor (2000). His breakout year was 2001, with notable roles in the series A Family of Hajj Metwali with Nour El Sherif and the film Silence… We’re Rolling, directed by Youssef Chahine.
He starred in multiple films, including The Ostrich and the Peacock (2002), Keep Your Mind Clear (2002), Mafia (2002), Open Your Eyes (2005), Code 36 (2007), and The String (2010). He won the Best Actor award for his roles in the films “A Girl from Israel,” “Honor,” “The Ostrich and the Peacock,” “Keep Your Mind Clear,” “Mafia,” “The String,” and others. Recently, Shaaban has focused on television drama, delivering a series of notable works.
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