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On The Road To Downtown (Fi Al Tarik Le ... Wust El Balad)

Arab Feature Competition - Doha Tribecca Film Festival 2011

Sherif Elbendary / Feature Documentary / Egypt / 2011 / 70 min / Colour / HDCAM / In Arabic / English subtitles / World Premiere
Rated: General Audiences. Suitable for ages 4 and up.

Synopsis

Through the lives of the characters and their simple daily details we discover together the downtown neighborhood and feel its spirit which is reflected in the various similar and contradicting worlds which this neighborhood brings together.

About the Director

Sherif El Bendary was born in Cairo in 1978. He studied film directing at Egypt’s Higher Institute of Cinema and worked as assistant director for many commercial feature films in Egypt. His first documentary “6 Girls…” was awarded Best Documentary, Student Film Festival of Goethe Institute, 2006. His first short feature “Rise And Shine” won the Jury Award at Egypt’s National Film Festival.

Credits

Director
Sherif Elbendary
Producer
Dalia Suleiman
Editor
Emad Maher
Executive Producer
Tamer El Said
Music
Ibrahim Shamel
Cinematographer
Mohamed Abdel Raouf
Sound
Samir Nabil
Assistant Director
Omar Elhamy

Contacts

  • Press Contact

    Dalia Suleiman

    Company: 
    Zero Production
    Phone: 
    +20223933440

  • Sales Contact

    Tamer El Said

    Company: 
    Zero Production
    Phone: 
    +20 223 902 710

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