A Journey through My Career: Past, Present and Future Masterclass by Daoud Abd El Sayed

Wed Sep 26, 2018
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (120 min)

MODERATED BY AMIR RAMSES Wednesday, September 26, 10 AM, TU Berlin (Audimax)

After studying film directing at Egypt’s Higher Institute of Cinema, Daoud Abdel Sayed began his film career as an assistant director for Youssef Chahine’s The Land (1970). The Vagabonds (1995) established him as a pioneer of “New Realism” in Egyptian cinema, and since then he has made a number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed films. Along with The Land of Fear (1999) that competed in the Torino Film Festival and won the Best Arab Film Award at the Cairo International Film Festival; his films Kit Kat and Messages from the Sea are counted among the best Arab films of all time. Daoud Abdel Sayed has held prestigious positions as a member of the Higher Film Festival Commission and the Higher Council of Culture in Egypt. This year, the celebrated filmmaker will receive the El Gouna Film Festival Career Achievement Award, which is reserved for individuals whose commitment to cinema has left an indelible mark on the field of their work.

This masterclass will provide a deeper understanding of the impact Daoud Abdel Sayed’s works have had on Egyptian cinema, while analyzing the key themes and motifs he has used throughout his career such as cultural identity, the divisions of society, the changing reality of the nation and the malfunctions of modern politics. During the masterclass, we will be engaging in a retrospective study of his films spanning the course of his accomplished career