Ahmad Abdalla

A Film~maker From egypt
  1. About

    Ahmad Abdalla - أحمد عبد الله السيد

    A Filmmaker from Cairo, Director of "Microphone" and "Heliopolis". Graduated from the Faculty of Music Education, worked as a film Editor from 2003. Born and living in Cairo - Egypt
    مخرج و مونتير مصري - درس الموسيقى الكلاسيكية، بدأ كمونتير منذ عام ٢٠٠٣ حتى الآن.

    Awards and Mentions - جوائز

    Winner of : Golden Tulip from Istanbul International Film Festival, Tanit d'or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage ,Griot Best Film of African Film Festival of Tarifa, Best Arabic film from Cairo International Film Festival. Won the Deutsche Welle Best Of Blogs award at 2008

    فائز بجوائز: التيوليب الذهبي: مهرجان اسطنبول السينمائي الدولي،التانيت الذهبي: أيام قرطاج السينمائية، أفضل فيلم أفريقي: مهرجان تعريفا، أفضل فيلم عربي: مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي. وغيرهم كما حصل على جائزة أحسن مدونة عربية من دويتشة ڤيله عام ٢٠٠٨
  2. Filmography

    My filmography

    Some selected works بعض الأعمال

    skills

    Microphone - ميكروفون - 2011

    Long feature film - 2010 - Written & Directed by Ahmad Abdalla, Takes a place in the city of Alexandria, and traveling through the underground art scene there.

    Awards

    The Golden Tanit of Journées cinématographiques de Carthage - 2010.
    The Golden Tulip -Istanbul inlt Film Festival - 2011.
    Best Arabic Film - Cairo International Film Festival - 2010.
    Best African Film - African Cinema Festival of Tarifa - 2011.

    Data and Press Kit

    Download Press File & Reviews
    Download Hi-Res photos and the poster.

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    Heliopolis - هليوبوليس - 2010

    Long feature film - ٢٠٠٩ - Written & Directed by Ahmad Abdalla, One of the 1st films of the Egyptian Independent wave.

    Heliopolis Trailer By Ahmad Abdalla on Vimeo.

    Festivals

    Official selection is Toronto intl Film Festival Tiff2009.
    Official Selection in Marrakech/Palm Springs/Thessalonici/Abu Dhabi Intl Film Festivals 2009.
    Special Mention Cairo Intl Film Festival 2009.

    Data and Press Kit

    Download Press File & reviews.
    Download Hi-Res photos and the poster.

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    أعمال أخرى - Other Films

    Selected works in editing/مونتاچ
    The Eye of The Sun visit site »
    Akher El Donya visit IMDB »
    Hide And Seek

    Links To Filmography

    Link on IMDb visit site »
    قائمة الأعمال - السينما دوت كوم visit site »

    Downloads - تحميل

    Download filmography Jan-2012 »
    Hi-Res Photos - - visit site »
    Hi-Res Poster/stills and from Heliopolis And - Hi-Res Poster/stills from Microphone

    Testimonials

    "Abdalla adheres to his roots as a film editor with nice montages and a generally skillful handling of the story's choral nature, affectingly exposing the malaise of Cairo's middle class. "
    JAY WEISSBERG - Variety

    " ويعتبر عام ٢٠١٠ عام السينما المستقلة فى مصر بامتياز، حيث بدأت حصاد ما زرع من ٢٠ سنة، من خلال «هليوبوليس»، ومن خلال تحقيق أهم أحداث العام السينمائية، وهى فوز «ميكروفون» الفيلم الثانى لمخرجه أحمد عبدالله السيد بالجائزة الذهبية فى مهرجان قرطاج "
    سمير فريد-المصري اليوم

    " MICROPHONE wanders into those spaces and comes back with a story worthy of your undivided attention. "
    LINA ATALLA - Egypt Independent

    " العلاقة الغاربة بين إبراهيم وفتاته التي تسكن حي مصر الجديدة، وفي ما يبدو هي سبب ألفته وولعه بالمكان، تبدو كلحظة عالقة سابقة متعطلة لو تحركت ربما لوقفت في مربّع متعطل آخر"
    عمرو عزت - ما بدا لي

  3. Pictures & Videos

    صور وفيديو

    Hi-Res Photos for print available on this link.

    Photos

    Microphone

    Microphone (Random Shots!) from Ahmad on Vimeo.

    Microphone is a new feature film produced by Film clinic- Egypt.
    Microphone will be out in September 2010.

    Official Selection : Toronto International Film Festival 2010 (Vanguard Program)
    http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2010/microphone


    Microphone is a New Project by Film Clinic.

    Starring:
    Khaled Abol Naga
    Yosra El Lozy
    Hany Adel
    Ahmad Magdy
    Atef Yousef
    Yassin Koptan
    Salwa Mohamed Ali
    Amgad Naguib



    And Special Appearance
    Menna Shalaby

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    Crew:

    2nd Assistant Director:
    Maii Waleed

    Art Director:
    Amgad Naguib

    Production Coordinator:
    Mark Lotfy

    1st Assistant Director:
    Tamer Eissa

    Sound Designer:
    Ahmed Mustafa Saleh

    Line Producer:
    Hany Saqr

    Editor:
    Hisham Saqr

    Cinematography:
    Tarek Hefny

    Co-Producer:
    Khaled Abol Naga

    Produced By:
    Mohamed Hefzy

    Written and Directed By
    Ahmad Abdalla

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    Band Appearance:

    Massar Egbari
    Y-Crew
    Mascara
    Soat Fel Zahma
    Nossair

    And Musicians:

    Ayman Asfour
    Shadi El Garf
    Shadi Nagy
    Shadi Samir
    Maii Walid
    Mohamed Khamis
    Nour Ashour
    Wael El Said


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    with the association of:

    Fig Leaf Studio
    Local Street Artists 7736
    Gudran
    Skateimpact.com
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    Synopsis:

    When Khaled returns to Alexandria after years of travel he discovers that it is too late to rekindle a relationship wit his old love because she is about to immigrate and that his relationship with his aging father is broken beyond repair. Self absorbed, he roams the city and stumbles over the underground art scene: Hip-hop singers who perform on sidewalks, female rock musicians on rooftops, graffiti artists who confront the city with their shocking murals in the darkness of the night. He is mesmerized by the discovery of this world and his life gradually changes. With his limited resources and connections, he tries to support this movement and draw attention to the diverse facets of his city. Details of his private life and events of this movement overlap. He awaits an inevitable change that he believes will come from the dynamic and unique art scene in Alexandria rather than from Cairo, Egypt's overpopulated capital.
    'Microphone' is a vibrant image of this colorful music and art movement. It is a real narrative of this new generation of artists from Alexandria and the intricate details of their lives.


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    الثورة مستمرة

    أبعد مكان

    song from the feature Microphone-By Maskara

    احنا زحمة

    اغنية احنا زحمة من فيلم ميكروفون - واي كرو Song from the feature Microphone-By Y-crew

    Scene 1

    A scene from the film Microphone - 2010

    لقاء مع المخرج

    TEDxCairo

  4. Social

    Social

    Some of the social networks I use (Sorry I don't have a facebook account)
  5. Contact

    Contact

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    address 141(a) Cornish El Nile, El Maadi, 9th Fl, Film Clinic - Cairo - Egypt
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