Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

Synopsis: Les coups sur la porte ne révélaient pas ce qui se cachait derrière... J`aurais souhaité être mort, mourir entre leurs mains, avant que la peur ait raison de moi.

My name is Mahmud Farag, I am 28 years old, from Alexadria, Egypt. In 2005 I graduated from the faculty of Education in Arabic Language and Education at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. My interest in cinema started when I was a teenager but as a student in Al Azhar school I was not allowed to study cinema. So, in these years I cultivated my passion for cinema by reading and watching movies, and attending workshops (Script writing workshop at French Cultural Centre in Alexandria, 2004). In 2005 I made my first digital video experiment, which is film Fabrica, based on the debut poetry collection Bel-Amsy Faqadtu Zirran (Yesterday I Lost A Button) written by the Alexandrian poet Tamer Fathy (Sharqyat, Cairo, 2005) In 2006 I wrote and directed the film Kurras Kharayt (Blank Note), which tells about the inner thoughts of an intellectual, his relation with girl-friend and his friends, and his inner conflict with himself and the society.Both the films are mini-dv, their duration is 15 minutes and have been shown in Cairo and Alexandria in the Cinema Cultural centre, Syndicate of Journalists and at the Indipendent Film Cairo Festival. In 2006 I enrolled the High Cinema Institute and I obtained my second degree in Scriptwriting and Cinema Studies in 2010. During this four year study period I wrote and directed some documentaries (Nubat Sahyan (Sudden wake) and Al-dar darak (The center is yours). I also wrote scripts for the graduation movies of some students from the direction department in the academy. My last scriptwriting work is "Pale Red", which has been awarded with many prizes inside and outside Egypt ( Best short film prize for in Alexandria International Film Festival (2010) - Best short film prize in Carthage Film Festival, Tunis (2010) - Best short film prize in Kazan International Film Festival, Russia (2010)- Best film in the Independent film festival at the French Cultural Centre in Cairo, 2011). In the last year I also worked as Assistant Script-writer of Dr. Rafiq El-Sabban for the next-coming film As-Samt (The silence) and for the next-coming series Akhir Ayyam Ghrnata (The last days of Granada). This year, I also had a very interesting experience from my work as assistant with two photographers. The first one wanted to meet the new generation of the revolution, the youth of the new Cairo. My second work was about the families of the martyrs of the revolutio. Beside my interest in cinema, I also have a passion for visual arts. Painting, to me, is the unloading extra energy process, and the teacher of patience. Later I started making pieces of arts from old garments and unused plastic pieces. In May 2010, I was awarded the best painting prize in the ?Funny Nature? artistic competition organized by the association L?Arbre des égrégores, Paris, France.