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Nadine Khan

Nadine Khan

Directing

Biography

Nadine Khan is a filmmaker living and working between Cairo and London. She earned her BA in film directing from the Egyptian Higher Film Institute in 2001. Since then, she has directed several fiction films, commercials, TV series and music videos. Her debut feature film Chaos, Disorder/ Harag w' Marag won the Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival (2012), and the Best Film award at the Oran Film Festival, Algeria (2013) and the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman (2014). One of Khan's four short films One in a Million (2006) was in the official selections of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), and was acquired by the ZDF Kultur. She has also directed several TV commercials and music videos, and her critically acclaimed TV series Seventh Neighbor/ Saabe' Gaar (produced by CBC, 2017) was met with popular success around the MENA region. In addition to her work as a director, she worked for over ten years as a second unit and first assistant director on several TV commercials with renowned directors including London-based director Rob Sanders and Egyptian director Ali Ali, as well as international feature films produced by DreamWorks, Arte and Pathé, namely La Porte du Soleil/ Bab El Shams (Yousry Nasrallah, 2004), Whatever Lola Wants (Nabil Ayouch, 2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009).

Known For

Sabe' Gar
7.8

Set in a middle-class Cairo apartment building, The Seventh Neighbour weaves together the private lives of residents who project happiness and stability to the world while quietly battling their own secrets, struggles and conflicts behind closed doors. With interconnected storylines spanning love, marriage, family pressure and social tension, it's a warm, relatable ensemble drama about the hidden lives of ordinary people living side by side.

Sabe' Gar

2017
Leh Laa?!
7.0

Leh Laa?! is a female-led Egyptian anthology drama that stands out for its candid exploration of women’s autonomy and social constraints. The first season follows Alia, a privileged young woman who breaks away from a controlling mother and an arranged marriage to define her own path. Each subsequent season introduces a new story — from adoption to divorce — combining emotional realism with sharp, contemporary social commentary. Featuring Amina Khalil, Menna Shalaby and Nelly Karim.

Leh Laa?!

2020
Mandatory Path
10.0

When a murder brings them together, Hussein and Ali, who have just discovered that they are brothers, must put their differences aside in order to solve the case.

Mandatory Path

2024
Who Said?
6.7

Despite Sherif's success in high school with grades that qualify him to enter the Faculty of Engineering, which his parents dream he would attend, he aspires to own his own project of making paper chairs.

Who Said?

2022
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Each episode of the series tells a different story about real crimes that occurred in Egyptian society, adapted from the program of YouTuber Sameh Sanad.

The Full Story

Chaos, Disorder
6.5

Zaki, Mounir and Manal are in their twenties, and living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew. The two boys are in love with the same girl who finds herself the subject of a bet for a football match between them, the winner marries Manal. This story reflects a football and play-station youth and how they deal with their emotions in a community that is increasingly closed off and isolated.

Chaos, Disorder

2012
Downtown Girls
6.3

The film takes place inside the world of Downtown that is full of stories and many social relations,through two girls,one is a hairdresser and the other is a saleswoman in a clothing store.

Downtown Girls

2005
Saddam's Father
5.9

Experienced truck driver Abu Saddam gets a transportation mission on the North Coast road after he stopped working for years. He decides that he wants to complete his mission perfectly to complement his working reputation, but as he faces a small situation on the road things start to get out of control.

Saddam's Father

2021
The Gate of the Sun
6.5

Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.

The Gate of the Sun

2004
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General Anesthesia

One in a Million
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A short film by Nadine Khan

One in a Million

2006
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Over 3 million people travel by airplane every day all around the world. That means 80 000 flights a day, one per second. There are around 30 million flights connecting 14 000 airports in the whole world. Europe is one the main hubs, with almost 35% of daily traffic. By 2030, 17 million flights a year are expected, instead of today's 10 millions.

Inside Air Traffic

2017