KHAIRY BESHARA خيرى بشارة
Famous Egyptian Film Director (61 years old). Ventured into documentaries and feature narratives. Directed 12 long features that got
screened at international film festivals. Has a good experience in digital cinema.
Filmography:
-Born on June 30,1947 in Tanta, Egypt.
-Higher Institute of Cinema, Cairo, Egypt , 1967.
-Fellowship in Poland , 1968-98.
Documentaries and Short Films:
صائد الدبابات
طبيب فى الأرياف
طائر النورس
تنوير
- The Talk of the Rocks-1978
حديث الحجر
تجاوز اليأس
- Applied Arts in Qatar-1984
الفن التشكيلى فى قطر
Short Films on Development in Egypt-1999: أفلام عن التنمية فى مصر
- Female Genital Mutilation
Feature Films:
الأقدار الدامية انتاج مصرى-جزائرى
العوامة رقم 70
- The Collar and the Bracelet-1986
الطوق والأسورة
- Sweet Day, Bitter Day-1988
يوم حلو..يوم مر
كابوريا
رغبة متوحشة
آيس كريم فى جليم
- America Abracadabra (America Shika Bika)-1993 (shot and edited in Romania)
أمريكا شيكا بيكا
حرب الفراولة
اشارة مرور
قشر البندق
Digital Film Transferred To 35mm ليلة فى القمر
ثانى فيلم فى تاريخ السينما المصرية تم تصويره عبر النظام الرقمى وتم تحويله الى فيلم سينمائى مقاس 35مللى
(Moondog)-2000-??? Work In Progress ضوء الأيام الأخرى(مون دوج) فيلم تجريبى يعبر عن رؤية ذاتية خاصة لسنوات العمر التى مضت..وكذلك اختبار الأحلام المؤجلة والرغبة فى التمرد والتغيير
TV Series:
(8 TV episodes on the life of the Egyptian actress, Nabila Ebeid) النجمة
Mas'alet Mabda'-2003 مسألة مبدأ
Malh El 'ard-2004 ملح الأرض
'alb Habiba-2005 قلب حبيبة
Alfarisa we Alsiad-2007 الفريسة والصياد
In the Press :
Quotations
“Intelligently scripted and directed, “Houseboat No. 70” will continue to stir the waters in and out of the Arab cinema world. Its main drawback is trying to tell too much-pic runs over two hours- but then there’s a new realism in Egyptian cinema to be won. Khairy Beshara is a new name to watch.” Holl, Variety Magazine, 16/6/1982
“Jean Louis-Bertuccelli protestait contre l’erreur qui consiste à parler, par exemple, du cinéma égyptien: ((Il ya la Momie, les films de Beshara, mais aussi un mauvais cinéma égyptien.))” Bernard Raffalli, Le Monde, 28/10/1982
“Pic is lensed professionally and manages to keep a decent face for its two-hour running time. Bishara is a sensitive director of actors who prefers naturalness to caricature, and who has a knack for lacing gentle comedy through the drama. He’s aided by a strong cast of Egyptian stars playing against glamour. Particular praise is owing Intisar Abdul Fatah’s soundtrack, which brings motifs of the folk music into the score.” Yung, Variety Magazine, 24/12/1986
“Rarely has the Egyptian cinema produced a film of the caliber of Khairy Beshara’s Al Touq Wal Iswira, especially since it is set in that much mis-represented place, the Upper Egyptian village. The villagers in the film are neither the clowns nor the founts of instinctive wisdom which most cinematic and T.V. production makes them out to be. Al Touq Wal Iswira, best translated as The Collar and The Bracelet, is a superbly acted and brilliantly directed film recounting the story of three generations of a family during the two decades preceding the 1952 revolution.” Heba Saleh, Cairo Today, August 1986
“Et si elle ne peut pas connaitre à l’avance le résultat des deliberations finales, elle confie vonlontiers que son grand préféré est le film de l’egyptien Khairy Beshara, Le Collier et le Bracelet, cette fresque des bords du Nil qui réunit trois femmes de générations différentes.” Stefania Sandrelli, Jury President, Festival des 3 Continents, 2/12/1986
“Set mainly against the magnificent backdrop of the ancient village of Karnak, a train of tragic and bewildering events disrupts the lives of three generations of women. In this daring and powerful new film, Khairy Beshara examines through the rituals of birth, marriage and death during the two decades preceding the 1952 revolution, the hold of myths and tradition on an Upper Egyptian village. Hazina, wife of an invalid and mother of an absent son (who is working in Sudan), struggles hard to ensure her daughter’s happiness, even if she has to resort to magic to unbind the spell of her daughter’s marriage to an impotent blacksmith…But all courageous and individual attempts seem to be wasted against the bonds of tradition, poverty and paucity of choice. Despite and abundance of sensuality and life, the recurrence of tragic events emphasizes the changelessness of the village and time. But the overriding metaphors of Beshara’s beautiful film are impotence and absence, perhaps today’s most poignant Arab concerns.” Rose Issa, 31st London Film Festival, 11-29 November, 1987
“C’est ainsi le cas de Khairy Beshara, auteur de plus de 10 longs métrages, et dont Black Movie programme ce soir a 20h. 30 le très beau Le Collier et Le Bracelet (1986), récit qui débute à Louxor en 1930 et qui va observer, via trios destinées de femmes, la perpétuation des traditions ancestrales.” Laurent Darbellay, Journal de Geneve et Gazette de Lausanne, 7-8 December, 1996
“Film is strong on atmosphere, but the poor neighborhood where the family lives seems too picturesque to be authentic. The daughters conduct miserable lives, working out marriage contracts with bounders like Mohamed Mounir, who marries one daughter and seduces another. The little boy is the most convincing actor of the lot; taken out of school to work at 10, he runs away from Mama to become a street urchin. Technical work is professional.” Yung, Variety Magazine, 30/11/1988
“The Band and The Bracelet: Bishara’s masterpiece traces the lives of four generations of women in the village of Kamak in Luxor, from the mid 30s onward. Their hardship and misery hardly differs from generation to generation. In this formal and unusually beautiful film, it seems that fate has blocked all chances these women may have of happiness. A classic adaption of the novel by Yahya Thair Abd Allah.” The Centennial of Arab Cinema – The Film Society of Lincoln Center & August Light Productions Nov. 1 – Dec. 5, 1996.
Prizes, Awards & Festivals Participation
Tanks Hunter
1974 Leipzig 17th International Festival for Short &Documentary Films for Cinema and Television, Official Entry
1975 Sixth National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt
Best Idea – Khairy Beshara
Best Photography – Mahmoud Abdel Samei
The Village Doctor
1976 The 7th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Golden Prize – Best Film in the category of medium long films
Best Direction & Scenario – Khairy Beshara
Best Photography – M. Abdel Samei
Best Editing – A. Metwally
Best Music – Dr. Youssef Shawki
Best Sound – M. Abdel Muteleb
1976 The Catholic Audio-Visual Center Award Best Documentary “for its noble message of devoting one’s experience to those who need it.. setting an example for a young doctor working in rural areas”
1976 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary “for its unique treatment in dealing with the Egyptian village and its problems…with awareness and a cinematographic view quite unusual for the Egyptian documentaries”
1976 Leipzig 19th International Film Festival The International Students Union Festival Award
1978 The Encouragement State Award, The High Council of Arts, Literature Award of Sciences & Arts of the First Degree
The Sea Gull
1977 The 8th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Medium Long Category
Award for Direction & Scenario – K. Beshara
Award for Editing – K. Abul Ela
1977 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary concurrently with “Advises of a Wise Man on Rural Affairs & Education” by Daoud Abdel Sayed
Illumination
1978 The 9th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Long Documentary Category
Best Direction – K. Beshara
Best Photography – M. Fadel
Rock Talks
1979 The 10th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Best Editing – Ahmed Metwally
1979 Leipzig 22nd International Festival for Short & Documentary Films for Cinema and Television, Official Entry
1980 Sixth Festival of Egyptian Film Film Society Award for the Best Short Film
1980 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary concurrently with “Working in the Field” by Daoud Abdel Sayed “for its distinguished creative capacity in expressing the character of the Egyptian Sculptor Abdel Badie Abdel Hay”
1980 The Folk Culture Department Certificate of Appreciation – K. Beshara “In appreciation of his distinguished efforts and his excellence in the fields of scenario and direction…”
Bloody Destinies
1983 Cinema Prizes Competition, Ministry of Culture, Cairo, Egypt Best Debut Direction – K. Beshara
House-Boat No. 70
“If we consider ‘The will’ by Kamel Selim in 1939 the beginning of Egyptian realism in cinema, so we have to admit that ‘House-Boat No.70’ by Khairy Beshara, 1982, is the start of the new realism”, Samir Farid (prominent Film Critic) in his book “New Realism in Egyptian Cinema”, 1991.
1982 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member)
Best Feature Film “because he was able to express the problems of the 70’s generation in a new innovative way…which reflects maturity of the new Egyptian Cinema”
1982 First Cairo International Film Festival Panorama of Egyptian Films First Prize for the Producer – 4000 L.E. in form of free TV advertising
1982 The 35th International Film Festival Cannes Film Market
1982 The 18th International Festival for Young Cinematographers, Hyeres, France, Official Entry
1982 First Film Festival for Mediterranean Cultures, Bastia, France, Official Entry
1982 Valencia III International Film Festival for Mediterranean Cultures, Spain, Official Entry
1983 Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands Main Program It was the First Egyptian film ever to be screened at the Rotterdam festival
1983 Cinema Prizes Competition, Ministry of Culture, Cairo, Egypt
Best Music – Gehad Daoud
Best Supporting Actress – Magda El Khattib
1983 The 9th festival of the Egyptian Film Society
The Special Jury Award for Direction – K. Beshara
Best Photography – M. Abdel Samei
Certificate to the Producer – M. Mostafa
1985 Screened in several Yugoslavian cities on the occasion of cultural events
The Collar & the Bracelet
1985 The 9th Film Festival of the Egyptian Association for Cinematographic Art Best Direction – K. Beshara
1986 Valencia 7th International Film Festival for Mediterranean Cultures, Spain Bronze Award
1986 The 11th Cinematographic Days of Carthage, Tunis Official Entry
1986 The Three Continents Film Festival, Nantes, France Official Entry
1987 Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands Main Program
1987 Strasbourg 15th Film Festival, France International Institute of Human Rights within the program “Carte Blanche” of the Egyptian Young Cinema proposed by Mohamed Khan (Film Director)
1987 The 5th Arab Film Festival, Paris, France Main Program
1987 The 13th Festival of the Egyptian Film society
Best Film – El Alamia for Cinema & TV production, Hussein El Kalla
Best Direction – K. Beshara
Best Photography – Tarek El Telmessany
Best Editing – Adel Mounir
Best Music – Entessar Abdel Fattah
Best Actress - Sherihan
1987 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Egyptian Feature Film of 1986
1987 The 4th Academic Week for Graduates of the Higher Institute of Cinema, Aswan, Egypt, Best Direction Award
1987 The 5th Damascus Film Festival, Syria
1987 The 11th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
1987 The 31st London Film Festival, United Kingdom
1987 Hollywood on the Nile – The Realists and their films – Egyptian Film in Metropolis Cinema, Hamburg, West Germany
1987 Mediterranean Cinema Festival, Montpellier, France
1989 “The Collar & the Bracelet” Between the Film and Yehia El Taher Abdallah’s Novel and the Film’s Position in Egyptian Cinema, M.A. Thesis by Beaty Klimkiewicz, Warsaw University, Neofilology Department, Poland
1996 The Centennial of Arab Cinema, Lincoln Center, New York, USA
1996 The 6th Edition of Black Movie, Genève, Switzerland
Sweet Day, Bitter Day
1988 The 12th Cinematographic Days of Carthage, Tunis
Best Actress – Faten Hamama
1988 The Three Continents Film Festival, Nantes, France Special Mention
1988 “Cinema & Reality of the 80’s in Egypt”, M.A. Thesis by Viola Shafik, Hamburg University, Germany
1989 The 15th Festival of the Egyptian Film Society
Best Actress – Faten Hamama
Best Set Designer – Onsi Abou Seif
Special Mention – Ahmed Hussein (12 years old boy with major role in the film)
1989 The Egyptian Film Society Survey Best Film of the year 1988
1989 The Cinema Pharaohs Magazine Survey, Alexandria, Egypt Best Film of the year 1988
1989 The 12th Cairo Film Festival The Advertising Prize – 20,000 L.E. worth of free TV ads
1989 Film Fest Munchen, West Germany International Program
1989 The 18th International Festival of Cinema, Figueira da Foz, Portugal
1989 The 3rd International Film Festival, Rabat, Morocco Special Jury Prize
1989 The 10th Mostra De Valencia, Spain Information Section
1989 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada “Today’s Cinema, Tomorrow’s Cinema” Program
1993 Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro, Italy
Crabs (Kaboria)
1991 Tage des un Abhangizen Films, Augsburg, Germany
1991 The Egyptian Association for Cinematographic Art Best Direction
1991 The First National Feature Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt Special Jury Award Best Actress – Raghda Best Photography – Mohsen Ahmed
1996 “Mass Culture & Modernism in Egypt” a book by Walter Armbrust, Cambridge University Press.
Wild Desire
1991 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada “Today’s Cinema, Tomorrow’s Cinema” Program
Ice Cream in Gleem
1993 The 19th Festival of the Egyptian Film Society Special Jury Award
America Abracadabra (America Shika Bika)
1993 The 11th Damascus Film Festival, Syria Main Program
1994 The 4th Pyongyang Film Festival, Korea The Special Prize of the Juries
1997 The International House of Philadelphia, USA Contemporary Egyptian Cinema
Traffic Light
1995 The 19th Cairo International Film Festival Special Jury Prize “Silver Pyramid” “The Jury believes that ‘Traffic Light’ deserves the award because it managed to paint with great sensitivity a nation’s troubles in a single night during a crowded traffic light of the city of Cairo”
1997 II Cinema Dei Paesi Arabi, Cinema Del Comune Di Bologna, Italy
To get Video Copies in the USA:
- For "Ice Cream in Gleem"; "Traffic Light" & "Wild Desire", please contact:
- Jonathan Friedlander, Assistant Director Center for Near East Studies, UCLA 10286 Bunche Hall Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1480
- David Callahan Donnell Media Center 20 West 53rd Street New York, NY, 10019
- Angela Carreno Bobst Library Social Science Center, 6th floor 70 Washington Sq. South New York University New York, NY 10012
- For "Sweet Day, Bitter Day" & "The Collar and the Bracelet", please contact:
- Alia Aarasoughly, Director August Light Productions P.O. Box 420751 San Francisco, CA 94142-0751 Tel & Fax: (415) 436-9809 email: AugLight@aol.com website: www.August-Light.com
CONTACT KHAIRY BESHARA :
Email: khairy47@hotmail.com; khairy.beshara@gmail.com Website: http://khairybeshara.tripod.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/khairy47
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