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Sherif Arafa is a Director, Writer and Assistant Director born on 25 december 1960

Sherif Arafa

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Birth 25 december 1960 (63 years)

Sherif Arafa (en شريف عرفة () ; né le 25 décembre 1960) est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur égyptien. Il est diplômé de l'Institut supérieur du cinéma en 1982.

Sharif Arafa a participé à la réalisation de nombreux films de l'histoire du cinéma égyptien, tels que Birds of Darkness, Mafia, Halim et Welad El Am. Il a produit plusieurs œuvres télévisées telles que Tamer we shawkeya et Lahazat Harega, moments critiques.

Il était célèbre pour ses films politiques avec l'écrivain Wahid Hamed.

Usually with

Ahmed Helmy
Ahmed Helmy
(2 films)
Asser Yassin
Asser Yassin
(3 films)
Ahmad Abdalla
Ahmad Abdalla
(1 films)
Hend Sabri
Hend Sabri
(2 films)
Mona Zaki
Mona Zaki
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sherif Arafa (8 films)

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Director

18 Days
18 Days (2011)

Directed by Ahmad Abdalla, Marwan Hamed, Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Ahmed Helmy, Hend Sabri, Mona Zaki, Nahed El Sebai, Amr Waked, Asser Yassin
Rating73% 3.6916153.6916153.6916153.6916153.691615
Dix cinéastes, vingt comédiens, six écrivains, huit chefs opérateurs, huit ingénieurs son, cinq décorateurs, trois costumières, sept monteurs, trois sociétés de postproduction et une dizaine de techniciens ont tourné dans l’urgence, sans budget et de manière complètement bénévole, dix courts-métrages de fiction, autour de la révolution égyptienne du 25 janvier 2011.
X-Large
X-Large (2011)
, 2h10
Directed by Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Ahmed Helmy, Donia Samir Ghanem, Nahed El Sebai
Rating72% 3.646833.646833.646833.646833.64683
Magdy is an overweight man with a bunch of female friends who all see him as one of the girls, he’s about as sexually appealing to them as a teddy bear. All he wants is a woman who can see past his unsightly exterior and see him for who he is inside. He reconnects with Dina, a girl he used to crush on back when he was a skinny kid, via Facebook and they get to know each other over the phone, without ever having seen any pictures of each other.
Escaping Tel Aviv
Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)

Directed by Sherif Arafa
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Karim Abdel Aziz, Mona Zaki, Salim Kallas, Sherif Mounir
Rating72% 3.6459653.6459653.6459653.6459653.645965
Salwa (played by Mona Zaki) is an Egyptian woman who discovers that her husband (played by Sherif Mounir) is a Mossad agent and abducts her with her two young children to Israel. Mostafa (Karim Abdel Aziz), an intelligence officer is assigned to rescue Salwa and her children and bring them back to Egypt.
The Island
The Island (2007)

Directed by Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ahmed El Sakka, Hend Sabri, Zeina, Mahmoud Yassine, Asser Yassin
Rating77% 3.8938553.8938553.8938553.8938553.893855
A film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. But they also plant drugs and buy arms from Sudan. The officer in charge of the region turns a blind eye to these happenings, and in the beginning, the government takes no heed of the Island. At the start of the film, we witness the death of the old 'Kabir el Gezira' (the island's ruler), leaving the land to his son Mansour. The first half follows Mansour as he takes control of his land and must deal with a band of other drug lords who are greedy to take control of the island. The second half of the film deals with the political conflict.
Terrorism and Kebab
Terrorism and Kebab (1992)
, 1h45
Directed by Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Adel Imam, Kamal el-Shennawi, Youssra
Rating76% 3.845653.845653.845653.845653.84565
The action primarily takes place in The Mogamma in Cairo, a well-known mammoth-sized government building that is a center of bureaucratic work. Adel Imam's character, Ahmed, queues up at the Mogamma one day to try to get a school transfer for his children, but gets bogged down. Endless lines of citizens march through the building and up and down its iconic spiral staircases seeking help. One government worker frustrates Ahmed particularly, because he is constantly praying in a show of alleged piousness to avoid getting any work done. This leads to a scuffle between the two, and eventually Ahmed ends up with a rifle from a guard and shots are fired in the resulting confusion. A mass spontaneous evacuation of the building ensues, Ahmed inadvertently takes the building hostage, and subsequently is assumed to be a terrorist. He is joined in his "takeover" by a few other "misfits," including Hind, a prostitute played by Yousra.

Scriptwriter

18 Days
18 Days (2011)

Directed by Ahmad Abdalla, Marwan Hamed, Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Ahmed Helmy, Hend Sabri, Mona Zaki, Nahed El Sebai, Amr Waked, Asser Yassin
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.6916153.6916153.6916153.6916153.691615
Dix cinéastes, vingt comédiens, six écrivains, huit chefs opérateurs, huit ingénieurs son, cinq décorateurs, trois costumières, sept monteurs, trois sociétés de postproduction et une dizaine de techniciens ont tourné dans l’urgence, sans budget et de manière complètement bénévole, dix courts-métrages de fiction, autour de la révolution égyptienne du 25 janvier 2011.
The Island
The Island (2007)

Directed by Sherif Arafa
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ahmed El Sakka, Hend Sabri, Zeina, Mahmoud Yassine, Asser Yassin
Roles Story
Rating77% 3.8938553.8938553.8938553.8938553.893855
A film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. But they also plant drugs and buy arms from Sudan. The officer in charge of the region turns a blind eye to these happenings, and in the beginning, the government takes no heed of the Island. At the start of the film, we witness the death of the old 'Kabir el Gezira' (the island's ruler), leaving the land to his son Mansour. The first half follows Mansour as he takes control of his land and must deal with a band of other drug lords who are greedy to take control of the island. The second half of the film deals with the political conflict.

Director

Return of a Citizen
Return of a Citizen (1986)

Directed by Mohamed Khan
Genres Drama
Actors Mervat Amin, Yehia El-Fakharany
Roles Assistant Director
Rating61% 3.0960753.0960753.0960753.0960753.096075