Sherif El Bendary
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Sherif El Bendary | |
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| Born | 29 September 1978 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Sherif El Bendary (Arabic: شريف البنداري; born 29 September 1978) is an Egyptian film director, writer and producer. His debut feature film was Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Sherif graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in 2001 then worked in textile factories. Later, he joined the Egyptian Film Institute in 2002 and graduated in 2007, where he currently teaches film directing. His directorial debut was the 2006 short film Rise and Shine starring Hend Sabry and produced by the National Film Center, the film won numerous awards locally and internationally including Tribeca Film Festival. In 2008, El Bendary wrote and directed At Day's End based on a short story by the acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Aslan. In 2011, he directed the feature-length documentary On the Road to Downtown and the short film Curfew which is a part of the anthology film 18 Days – official selection Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, his short film Dry Hot Summers won the Robert Bosch Stiftung film prize[2] from the Berlinale Talents campus, it premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[3] and Dubai International Film Festival. In 2017, He released his first feature-length narrative film Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim an Egyptian/Emirati/French co-production, which won the Best Actor prize at Dubai International Film Festival and was released in Egypt and France and many other countries. He also directed the TV series Al Gamaa Part 2, written by veteran screenwriter Wahid Hamed and was broadcast in 2017.
He served as a jury member in several festivals including Cairo International Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival and the Egyptian National Film Festival.
In 2019, El Bendary founded Africa Films, a production company which mainly focuses on short and feature films by promising upcoming first- and second-time directors, and which will also produce Spray, his second feature film.
Filmography
[edit]Feature-length films
[edit]- On the Road to Downtown (2011) (Documentary)
- Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim (2016)
Short films
[edit]| Year | Film | Credited as | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||
| 2005 | Six Girls | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2006 | Rise and Shine | Yes | No | No |
| 2008 | At Day's End | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2011 | 18 Days (segment "Curfew") | Yes | No | No |
| 2015 | Dry Hot Summers | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2019 | Sunday at Five | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Television
[edit]- Al-Gamaah 2 (2016) (TV Series)
Festivals and awards
[edit]- Jury Prize, National Film Festival
- Golden Hawk, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
- Jury Prize, Ismailia International Film Festival
- Best Short, AMAL- International Euroarab Film Festival
- Media Award, Tirana International Film Festival
- Mohamed Shebli prize for Best Short Film
At Day's End (2008)
- Silver Muhr Award, Dubai International Film Festival
- Cine Cinema Award, Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival
- Prix du Jury Jeune, Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival
- Best Short Film, Noah's Ark International Film Festival
- Official selection, Tribeca Film Festival[4]
On the Road to Downtown (2011)
- Best Short Documentary, Ismailia International Film Festival
Dry Hot Summers (2015)
- Official selection, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[3]
- Best Short Film (shared), Malmö Arab Film Festival[5][6]
- Best Director, Bangalore International Short Film Festival
- Best Short Film, Oran International Arabic Film Festival[7]
- Best Short Film, Ismailia International Film Festival
- ACT Award, Ismailia International Film Festival
Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim (2016)
- Best Feature Film, Malmö Arab Film Festival[8]
- Best Actor, Dubai International Film Festival[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sherif El Bendary, Koutaiba Al-Janabi share top $20,000 Cairo Film Connection award". Screendaily. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Dry Hot Summers (Har .. Gaf .. Sayfan) | Filmprize". www.filmprize.de.
- ^ a b "International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand". my.clermont-filmfest.com.
- ^ "At Day's End | Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca.
- ^ "Awards 2016 | Malmo Arab Film Festival". maffswe.com.
- ^ "Egypt's 'Dry Hot Summers' scoops best short award at Malmo Arab Film Festival - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online.
- ^ "Egypt's 'Dry Hot Summers' wins best film at Oman's Dhofar Arab Film Forum - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online.
- ^ "awards 2017 | Malmo Arab Film Festival". maffswe.com.
- ^ "Ali Sobhy Wins the Best Actor Award at the Dubai International Film Festival". mad.film.