Marwa Zein () is a
Sudanese film director
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,
scriptwriter
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T ...
and
film producer
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. She is the author of the 2019 documentary, ''
Khartoum Offside'', and an advocate of women's rights through her work. She is the founder of ORE Production, a
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
-based film production company and one of the seven young filmmakers selected from around the world to attend the
Cannes Film Festival
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2019 by the International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA).
Career
For her graduation project, Zein wrote, directed and produced the short documentary film, ''A Game'', in 2009, translated into five languages and presented as an official selection in over 30 international festivals globally. At the 2016
Dubai International Film Festival
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(DIFF), her short film, ''One Week, Two Days!'', starring Yasmin Raies and Amro Saleh, was premiered. It too was featured in various other film festivals.
In 2019, she completed a four-year long project, which she wrote and directed, a sports documentary called ''
Khartoum Offside''.
[ It was globally premiered in the 2019 ]Berlinale
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Forum in Germany
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and was listed as one of three notable Sudanese films premiered in 2019 by ''Media Support''.[
In producing this film, she defied the Sudanese government's negative attitude towards women's involvement in filmmaking. Although she didn't encounter direct physical assault during the course of making this film, she received some threats of her camera or material possibly being destroyed.]Sudanese revolution
The Sudanese Revolution was a major shift of political power in Sudan that started with street protests throughout Sudan on 19 December 2018 and continued with sustained civil disobedience for about eight months, during which the 2019 Sudane ...
of 2018/19, the film was presented at the opening of the Sudan Independent Film Festival in Khartoum in January 2020.
Filmography
Accolades
See also
* Cinema of Sudan
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References
External links
Marwa Zein
on IMDb
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Marwa Zein's Biography
on I am a Film
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Sudanese film producers
Sudanese screenwriters
Sudanese women film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Sudanese artists
Sudanese documentary film directors