Magi Anwar

🎬 Magi Anwar 🎬

🟢 Egyptian-Italian Director, Producer, and Writer

📍 Born in: Egypt

🌍 Nationality: Egyptian

🎓 Education: Faculty of Mass Communication – Cairo University

🗣 Languages: Arabic, Italian, English

🚀 Career Path

✅ TV Program Production:

📺 Participated in producing several TV programs, including "Dark" by Ashraf Abdel Baky.

✅ Film Directing:

📽 Created several documentary films about prominent figures, including:

🎭 The Enchantress (2015) – About Faten Hamama, featuring her last message before passing away.

🎭 The Belonger – About Duraid Lahham, highlighting his artistic journey.

🎭 The Beautiful (2016) – About Gamil Ratib and his career.

🎭 Abu Simbel – A documentary about the rescue of Abu Simbel Temple.

🎭 The Film Distributor – About the history of foreign film distribution in Egypt.

🎭 Barcodia – A film about a virtual world revealing hidden truths, starring Shady El-Daly.

✅ Festival Management:

🏆 Founded "Faten Hamama Film Festival" (2015) in collaboration with the late actress Faten Hamama. The festival, currently held in London, includes:

🎞 Feature Films 🎞 Short Films 🎞 Animated Films

🏅 First Egyptian female director to serve as a jury member in four European film festivals, including:

🎬 Nice International Film Festival – France

🎬 Madrid International Film Festival

🎬 London International Film Festival

👩‍🎓 Workshops & Training:

🎭 Organized a film-making workshop for women in Saudi Arabia (2013).

🎭 Directed Saudi Arabia’s first female-led play, "Mali Sawalek".

✅ Key Positions:

🔹 Official distributor of films for the World Film Festival

🔹 President of La Femme Short Film Festival

🔹 President of the Children's Film Festival, with its third edition held in Ethiopia (2018).

🎥 Notable Films

📌 The Enchantress 🎭 (2015) – About Faten Hamama.

📌 The Belonger 🎭 – About Duraid Lahham.

📌 The Beautiful 🎭 (2016) – About Gamil Ratib.

📌 Abu Simbel 🎥 – About the rescue of Abu Simbel Temple.

📌 The Film Distributor 🎞 – About film distribution history in Egypt.

📌 Barcodia 🎬 – About a virtual world revealing hidden truths.

🔹 Magi Anwar is a prominent figure in the Egyptian and international film industry, dedicated to promoting Egyptian cinema globally through film production and festival management. 🎞🌟