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Abu Bakr Shawky: 4 publications

Our dirty questions to Abu Bakr Shawky

 

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Egyptan director of epic historical and family drama The Stories; they discuss baldness, football, Oum Kalthoum, Jimmy Carter and more - live from the Red Sea [Read More...]

The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky
2025

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2025

Egyptian director of Yomeddine intertwines personal stories with his country's history, in this heartwarming family drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Look the other way!

 

Redmond Bacon - 26-05-2018

Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky challenges the conformism of cinema by casting a different gaze at actors with leprosy and various disabilities in his film YOMEDDINE; he talks to us about selecting the actors, filming and why cinema should be bold! [Read More...]

Yomeddine

Abu Bakr Shawky
2018

Victor Fraga - 19-05-2018

Egyptian comedy about leper seeking his father juggles lighthearted humour with very profound sense of humanity [Read More...]