Kamla Abou Zekry (born January 8, 1974) is an Egyptian television and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

who directed well-known movies and

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such as ''Bent Esmaha Zaat'', ''Segn El Nisaa'', and ''Wahed Sefr''. She has taken part in many international and national film festivals, including the

Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...

, the Dubai International Film Festival, and the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. Her films have also been screened at the

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Life

Abou Zekry was born in

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. She graduated from the High Cinema Institute, and started her film career by collaborating with Nadel Galal on ''131 Ashghal'' in 1993. Sekry has collaborated with screenwriter Mariam Naoom on several TV series. ''A Girl Named Zat'' (2013) was an adaptation of Sonallah Ibrahim's 1992 novel ''

Zaat ''Zaat'' is a 1971 American independent film, independent science fiction film, science fiction horror film produced and directed by Don Barton, and co-written by Barton, Lee O. Larew and Ron Kivett. Produced on a $50,000 budget, the film stars ...

''. ''Women's Prison'' (2014), based on a play by

Fathia al-Assal Fathia al-Assal ( ar , فتحية العسال , Fatḥīyah al-ʻAssāl , translit-std=ALA; February 20, 1933June 15, 2014) was an Egyptian playwright and activist. She was born in Cairo. Her father did not allow her to receive any formal schooli ...

, was shot in Qanater Prison. Abou Zekry was quick to respond to the

January 25 Revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

. ''18 Days'' was a collaboration with Mariam Abou Auf, while ''God's Creation'' followed the story of a girl selling tea on the street who joins the revolution. ''A Day for Women'' was the opening film at

Cairo Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...

in winter 2016.A-Z of progress and setbacks for Egyptian women between two international women’s days
''Mada Masr'', 8 March 2017.

Works

Films

* (with Nadel Galal) ''131 Ashghal'' / ''131 Works'', 1993 * ''Qittar Al Sa’aa Al Sadisah'' / ''The Six O’ Clock Train'', 1999. Short film. * (with Nader Galal) ''Hello America'', 2000 * '' Sanna Oula Nasb'' / ''First Year Con'', 2004. Feature film. * ''Malek wa ketaba'', 2005. Feature film. * ''An el ashq wel hawa'', 2006 * (with Mariam Abou Auf) ''Tamantashar Yom'' / ''18 Days'', 2011 * ''Khelket Rabena'' / ''God's Creation'', 2011 * ''A Day for Women'', 2016

TV Series

* ''6 Midan El-Tahrir'', 2009 * ''Wahed-Sefr'' / ''One-Zero'', 2009 * ''A Girl Named Zat'', 2013 * ''Segn El Nesa'' / ''Women's Jail'', 2014 * ''Wahet El Ghoroub'' / ''Sunset Oasis'', 2017 * ''100 Wesh'' / ''100 Face'', 2020 * ''Bitulou' Al-Rouh''/As the Spirit breaks out (in critique of ISIS), 2022

References

External links

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Kamlah Abou Zekry on elcinema.com

Kamla Abou Zekry on Festival Scope Pro

Abu Zekri Kamla on africine.org
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