Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
$300 - $500 / Day
Marouan Omara lives and works in Cairo. He is a documentary filmmaker, his works have a dreamlike notion, overlapping fiction and reality by it's direct respond to the surrounding and closeness to everyday experiences. Marouan film’s have been selected for many of the most established film festivals and granted many international awards. Marouan currently works as an adjunct professor for film production at the American University in Cairo. He also works closely to Fig Leaf Studios, an independent company that leads many international co-productions in Egypt. In 2014 Omara was the managing director of Cairo Industry Forum, as part of Cairo International Film Festival, He is also taking part on its 2015 edition as a selection committee for Cairo Film Connection.
Password: johanna marouan World Premierd at International Film Festival Rotterdam. Official selection in more than 25 international film festivals. Awards:- Golden Key Honorable mention at Kasseler Dokfilmfest, Germany - Honorable mention at Cinemafrica, Stockholm, Sweden - Klaus Wildenhahn Preis at 11th Hamburg Documentary Film Festival, Germany
Password: thevisit World Premiere: Jihlava IDFF, the biggest creative documentary film festival in central & east Europe.
Password: marouan johanna wins The Doha Film Institute Grant - Development Grant, Doha, Qatar. wins The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - Production Grant, Beirut, Lebanon. wins Catapult Film Fund – Development Grant, San Francisco, US. wins Berlinale Talents – Doc Station – Best Project, Berlin, Germany. wins Film-und Medienstiftung NRW, Germany.
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