Abu Bakr Shawky — Director (4)

Movie

The Stories (2026)
القصص IMDb TMDB
other title: Notre Histoire - Chronique du Caire / القصص
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

Movie

Hajjan (2023)
هجان Douban
other title: هجان / 沙海
首部长片《审判日》就入围戛纳电影节主竞赛单元的埃及新锐导演A·B·舒基,在这部新片中再次将目光聚焦于广袤无垠的沙海。马塔尔是一个骆驼骑手家庭中最小的孩子,家里突遭变故,他毅然决定成为一名骑手,并不熟悉赛骆驼的马塔尔只能依靠他最信任的骆驼霍菲拉。为捍卫家族的荣誉、揭穿黑暗 的阴谋,这个阿拉伯少年将和他的伙伴共赴一次成长的冒险。本片在多伦多国际电影节“新发现”单元全球首映,并入选了棕榈泉国际电影节等许多知名节展。