Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Directing
Biography
An Egyptian director, born in Alexandria but raised in Port Said. He joined the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo to study script and graduated in 2009. Before graduating, he directed a short film called Mocha. His first documentary film Living Skin (2010), dealt with poverty and what the poor face, and won several important awards. His first feature film Poisonous Roses won 17 awards from international and local festivals, the most important of which are 3 awards from the Cairo International Film Festival. He works as a professional screenwriter with a number of production companies in the development of dramatic television content, which resulted in the experience of The Thief, TV dramatic episodes of 10 minutes.
Known For
In a rural area, Hassan and Hamada compete over Rabia. Hassan then travels abroad, so Hamada takes the opportunity to marry her while exploiting the influence of his brother Sheikh Alaa to achieve his personal interests, and both impose their authority on the residents of the area. Hassan then returns and declares war on them.
Zolm El Mastaba
Hilal works in the drug trade, then forces his younger religious brother Diaa to work with him, but Hilal is thrown in jail and Diaa finds himself responsible for his brother's illegal work and taking care of his family and fights a war that he knows nothing about.
Belly of the Whale
Nada's return upends Hassan's world, drawing him into a deadly game. Threads intersect, forcing everyone to pay a price for the truth in a journey of violence, pursuit, and regret.
Walad wa Bint wa Ragel ‘Ajeez
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Hamlet from the Slums
Set in the confines of an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, a community's everyday life is threatened by the ruthless rhythms of Tanneries, rotary driers crushing animal skin, hazards of poisonous waste water, Tahyea desperately clings to her brother, Saqr, whose only dream is to escape.
Poisonous Roses
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The Story of Shadia and Her Sister Sahar
Watching children working in a leather tannery in Cairo we discover the inhuman conditions which the people who live and work in the tanneries have to endure, surrounded by very dangerous chemicals, harmful to man and the environment.