Mohamed Khan
Mohamed Hamed Hassan Khan ( ar, محمد حامد حسن خان ; 26 October 1942 – 26 July 2016) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was a pivotal member of the "1980s generation" in Egyptian cinema, along with directors such as Khairy Beshara, Daoud Abd El-Sayed, Atef El-Tayeb, and Yousry Nasrallah. His main aesthetic credo, in line with directors from his generation, was a reinvigorated realism seeking direct documentation of everyday life in Cairo, beyond the walls of the studio. Khan has 4 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Biography Khan was born on 26 October 1942 in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian mother and a Pakistani father. After completing his high school education in Egypt, he went on to study at the London School of Film Technique (now known as The London International Film School) between 1962 and 1963. He directed several 8mm films. In 1963, he returned to Egypt and worked in the script department of the General Egyptian Film Organiza ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henry Barakat
Henry Antoun Barakat ( ar, هنري أنطون بركات, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director. He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Lebanese mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered., He directed some of the most famous films in the Egyptian Cinema. Filmography Awards and honors 2 wins & 3 nominations Berlin International Film Festival *1959 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Hassan wa Nayima (1959) * 1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear Doa al karawan (1959) Cannes Film Festival *1965 Nominated Golden Palm El Haram, (1965) Jakarta Film Festival *1964 Won Best Film Bab el maftuh, El (1964) Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema *1984 Won Special Mention Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984) Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, 1995. See a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Before The Summer Crowds
''Before the Summer Crowds'' ( arz, قبل زحمة الصيف, translit. Qabl Zahmet El Seif) is an Egyptian film directed by Mohamed Khan and released in 2016. Starring Maged el Kedwany, Hana Sheha, Ahmed Dawood, Lana Mushtaq and Hany El Metennawy, it premiered at the 12th Dubai International Film Festival in 2015. It was then selected to represent Egypt in the 5th Luxor African Film Festival in March 2016 before commercial release in Egyptian cinemas in April and rollout to Iraq, Tunisia and the UAE in May. Plot The film follows a group of people who meet in a beach resort on the North Coast of Egypt. Described as "a wry satire on the self-centred middle classes occupying Egypt’s “first row”" by Screen Daily, it follows Dr. Yehia (Maged el Kedwany) and his wife Magda (Lana Mushtaq) as they arrive at the beach resort. They are soon joined by Hala (Hana Sheha), a "a needy, negligent recently-divorced mother" who quickly attracts the attention of both Dr. Yehia and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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In The Heliopolis Flat
''In the Heliopolis Flat'' ( ar, في شقة مصر الجديدة ''Fi shaket Masr El Gedeeda'') is a 2007 Egyptian film directed by Mohamed Khan. It was Egypt's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Ghada Adel as ''Najwa'' * Kal Naga as ''Yehya'' * Aida Riyad as ''Hayat'' * Ahmed Rateb as ''Eid'' * Youssef Dawoud as ''Shafiq'' * Marwa Hussain as ''Dalia'' * Daunia Massoud as ''Marwa'' See also *List of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best ... References External links * 2007 films Egyptian romantic drama films Films directed by Mohamed Khan {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ayyam El Sadat
Days of Sadat ( ar, أيام السادات) is a 2001 Egyptian biographical film about the third President of Egypt Anwar Al Sadat. The film features Ahmad Zaki as the Egyptian president. Cast includes Mervat Amin, Mona Zaki and Ahmed El Sakka. The film captured intimate details about the president in great accuracy. One notable characteristic of Sadat was his speech pattern, which Ahmad Zaki captured strongly in his performance. Cast * Ahmad Zaki as President Anwar Sadat * Mona Zaki as the young Jehan Al Sadat * Mervat Amin as First Lady Jehan Al Sadat * Ahmed El Sakka as Atef El Sadat, the president's brother * Mohamed El Kholi as President Gamal Abdel Nasser Reception When the movie was released in 2001, it attracted a huge following in Egypt, ranking as one of Egypt's highest-grossing movies. This was Zaki's second biographical movie, following Nasser 56. Director Mohamed Khan received high praise for his directing of the movie. However, some critics claimed that the m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mr Karate
''Mr Karate'' ( ar, مستر كراتيه) is an Egyptian sports drama film directed by Mohamed Khan and released in 1993, stars Ahmad Zaki as an originally naive out of towner who is brought down by the hardships of life in Cairo. Broke and unemployed, Zaki's character gets a stint as a garage worker before graduating to the more lucrative, albeit less dignified, profession of illicit parking helper (''monadi''). After an acquaintance with a local retired karate instructor (played by Ibrahim Nasr), Zaki's character is introduced to the world of martial arts through watching a series of old Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies which, at first, are picked out by his new friend (Nasr's character) but which he then picks out himself from a nearby video rental store where his love interest in the movie works (played by Nahla Salama). What starts as a childish fascination, becomes with the help of Nasr, a new awakening for Zaki's character, who develops a resolve to become defensele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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15th Moscow International Film Festival
The 15th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 July 1987. The Golden Prize was awarded to the Italian film ''Intervista'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Robert De Niro (United States – President of the Jury) * Tengiz Abuladze (USSR) * Souheil Ben-Barka (Morocco) * Antonio Gades (Spain) * Rustam Ibragimbekov (USSR) * Alberto Isaac (Mexico) * Alexandre Mnouchkine (France) * Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy) * Zheng Xiuelai (China) * Hanna Schygulla (West Germany) * Miklós Jancsó (Hungary) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prize: ''Intervista'' by Federico Fellini * Special Prizes: ** ''Courier'' by Karen Shakhnazarov ** '' Hero of the Year'' by Feliks Falk * Prizes: ** Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins for '' 84 Charing Cross Road'' ** Best Actress: Dorottya Udvaros for ''Love, Mother'' * Prix FIPRESCI: '' Hero of the Year'' by Feliks Falk References External linksMoscow International Film Festi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Wife Of An Important Man
''The Wife of an Important Man'' ( ar, زوجة رجل مهم, translit. z''awgat ragol mohim'') is a 1988 Egyptian drama film directed by Mohamed Khan. Starring Ahmad Zaki and Mervat Amin, the film tells us the story of the rise and fall of a police officer during the regime of Anwar El Sadat. It is one of the Top 100 Egyptian films. Synopsis When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people. Cast * Ahmad Zaki as Hesham * Mervat Amin as Mona * Abdel Halim Hafez as Himself (archive footage) * Hassan Hosny * Zizi Mustafa * Nahed Samir Reception It received the Silver Award at the Damascus Film Festival in 1987, and was screened in competition at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival The 15th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 July 1987. The Golden Prize was awarded to the Italian film ''Intervista'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Robert De Niro (United Stat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1987 Cannes Film Festival
The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987 in film, 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Under the Sun of Satan (film), Sous le soleil de Satan'' by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don’t like me? Well, let me tell you that I don’t like you either!" The festival opened with ''A Man in Love (1987 film), Un homme amoureux'', directed by Diane Kurys and closed with ''Aria (film), Aria'', directed by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple. The 1987 Festival also paid tribute to Federico Fellini. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1987 feature film competition: *Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer (Jury President) *Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist *Elem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Return Of A Citizen
''Return of a Citizen'' ( ar, عودة مواطن, translit. Awdat mowatin) is a 1986 Egyptian drama film directed by Mohamed Khan. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Ahmed Abdelaziz * Mervat Amin * Yehia El-Fakharany * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim * Sherif Mounir Sherif Mounir (sometimes credited as: Sherif Moneer), ( ar, شريف منير), born May 14, 1959, in El Mansoura (المنصورة) in Dakahlia Governorate (محافظة الدقهلية) as Sherif Ahmed Mounir ( ar, شريف أحمد منير), ... * Husien Sherbini * Ibrahim Youssri * Magda Zaki References External links * 1986 films 1980s Arabic-language films 1986 drama films Films directed by Mohamed Khan Egyptian drama films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |