Omar ELZOHAIRY

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Omar El Zohairy studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. During his school years, Zohairy worked as an assistant director in feature films and TV commercials from 2007 till 2015 alongside some of Egypt’s most prominent filmmakers, including Yousry Nasrallah, Ahmed Abdallah and Ali Ali. Zohairy’s first short film Breathe Out premiered at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival and won the Jury Special Mention Prize in the Muhr Arab Short Competition. The film also competed at the 34th Cinemed Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival and the 2014 Arab Film Festival Berlin. Zohairy's second short film, The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the PublicToilet at Kilometre 375, was the first Egyptian film to be selected to compete in the Cinéfondation competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2014, Aftermath went on to win several awards around the world. Zohairy is currently working on his first feature film Feathers of a Father, in collaboration with Ahmed Amer (co- writer). The project was also selected for Torino Film Lab’s Script & Pitch Program 2016 and was awarded the first Baumi Script Development Award from Pandora Film and Film- und Medienstiftung NRW during the 66th berlinale.

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