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Marouan Omara

Marouan Omara
© Courtesy IFFR 2013, Rotterdam
Film director, Photographer, Producer, Screenwriter
(Male)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Marouan OMARA (1987, Cairo, Egypt) is a young creative filmmaker from Cairo.
Marouan Omara is a filmmaker, working with film, video and photography, born in 1987 in Cairo, Egypt. He got his diploma in film-making at the Art & Technology of Cinema Academy and his BA in Applied Arts from Helwan University, Egypt. His works have a dream-like notion, overlapping fiction and reality by responding directly to the surroundings and the closeness to everyday experiences. He currently works as an adjunct professor for film production at the American University in Cairo.

He was educated in photography and film, after which he became a freelance photographer, produced a row of documentaries, made a few commercials and worked on several film productions in different positions. He has participated in the Durban Talent Campus for young filmmakers.

Films

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Organizations

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Articles

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Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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