Murad Mustafa
Directing
Biography
Morad is an Egyptian Filmmaker, born in 1988 in Cairo, Egypt. He studied Film directing in "Cinema Palace” in 2008. He started his career as an assistant director where he worked with so many directors and his last film as an assistant was Ayten Amin’s "SOUAD" which has been selected in the official selection in Cannes Film Festival 2020. Morad started his directing career in 2019 when he wrote and directed his first short film "Henet Ward” that had its world premiere in "Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival" in the International Competition. And The film has been selected in more than 100 festivals around the world, including 20 Oscar-qualifying festivals, and won many prizes. 2020 he also wrote and directed his second short film (What we don't know about Mariam) also that had its world premiere at "Clermont-Ferrand” 2021.
Known For
When three friends, Cono, Horus, and Bacteria, who live in a local neighborhood, try to find a way out of the problems they encounter, they get themselves into much bigger problems.
Sad Rad
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
Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese woman, lives in Ain-Shams, a neighborhood in Cairo with a large African migrant community. The authorities’ indifference to the violent tensions between Egyptians and various African nationalities, has allowed different gangs to seize control of the neighborhood. The situation quickly turns sour after one of them offers Aisha security in exchange for a favor.
Aisha Can't Fly Away
The story of a reckless playboy who squanders his late father's wealth, the thing that urges the mother to marry him off. However, he rejects every possible bride, until he crosses paths with a simple village girl who soon brings about his transformation.
Mr And Mrs Oweis
A son of a wealthy family is kidnapped by a gang, and they get into plenty of ironic situations in order to get him back.
White Honey
A psychologist conducts a study on a group of corrupt ministers to uncover the psychological reasons that led them to this path. As she follows the different stages of their lives and the events that followed their appointment to office, unexpected events turn everyone's lives upside down.
After the Flood
The film depicts the world of drug dealing through showing life in a casino opened by a man as a cover for his drug-dealing business.
Life, Thou Art Wicked
"Halima", a Sudanese henna painter living in Egypt. She goes to one of Giza's local areas to prepare a bride for her wedding and her 7 years old daughter "Ward" accompanies her and starts to wander around and discover the place.
Ward's Henna Party
Following a violent incident, Eissa, a 17-year-old African migrant in Egypt, strives to beat the clock to save his loved ones whatever it takes.
I Promise You Paradise
Khadiga is a young 18-year-old mother living alone with her baby after her husband left for work in a remote city. One day, she makes her way through the hustle of Cairo streets to do some visits where she feels uncomfortable with the surroundings.
Khadiga
Mariam goes to a public hospital with her husband and her daughter, bleeding and suffering from a severe pain in her abdomen.
What We Don't Know About Mariam
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High Heels
Radwa, a 20-year-old student who lives in a university residence for girls in Cairo, goes to complain to the supervisor Magda about her roommate Sarah for harassing her.