Ismail Farouk
Directing
Biography
An Egyptian director born in May 3, 1974, Esma’eel Farouk is known for his B-films, low budget and technically poor films, made for the sake of money. Starting “90 dakeeka i.e. 90 minutes”, the film produced by “Waleed al-Tab’yee” to apologize to his wife “Ghaada Abdul Raazek”, through “Eb’a aabelny i.e. Impossible to happen”, Sa’d al-Soghayyar’s “Welaad al-balad i.e. Good guys” and “Al-Academeyya i.e. The Academy”. Critics consider him an extension to the - so-called - the 1980s B-films of the Egyptian Cinema.
Known For
Araby seeks to escape from a bitter past, but its shadow casts over him from time to time, so he finds no way but to confront it
Haqq Arab
Abdo is a thug working in the drug trade after losing his parents, using force to impose royalties on the people of the neighborhood, while Angham is looking to marry him, and the dancer Rabyia has an affair with him, and so is his cousin Alyia.
Abdu Mouta
The events take place in a dramatic framework; where a child gets lost from his family, and one of the employees of the shelter adopts him and raises him until he becomes a young man, and then he is accused of a murder case, so he tries to escape to prove his innocence, and his life turns upside down, then he meets the popular dancer (Horeya Farghaly) who helps him escape, and during his journey he gets to know many people who help him prove his innocence.
Al Qashash
Qamar is a belly dancer who moves into building inhabited by several families. When she moves in, she is bombarded by the husbands' attention. The husbands are Fawzi, a tax authority employee, an Arabic teacher and a singer. Their family lives are disrupted, and their wives attempt to keep their husbands in a comedy setting.
It's Fine
The film revolves around a group of young people, living in a popular area and suffer from poverty and unemployment, and after a series of events they decide to travel abroad to escape from their miserable lives and eventually realize the value of Egypt comes and they're back to their homeland.
Chivalrous Boys
A police officer from Upper Egypt is transferred to Marina, where he runs into some problems. As he tries to prove himself to his boss, he starts to fall for a girl who is his exact opposite in everything.
My Guide Dog
A law specialist has a theory in which she thinks that any criminal can be reformed if the right conditions are present and she applies her theory to a group of criminals as she faces many situations with them.
In Your Dreams
The events revolve around the struggle between good and evil, not among humans but through a new perspective among animals inside a veterinary hospital.
Coco's Adventures
The film revolves around a private academy in which young people are divided into "Cheltenham" and there are conflicts between them that the president of the Academy is trying to solve
The Academy
The film follows a master of ceremonies who introduces singers and dance numbers on stage in local weddings, and who aspires of gaining wealth to escape his poor town and marry the girl he loves, but on his way he faces a lot of difficulties.