LATEST NEWS
featured information about our productions
APRIL 2021
The Special Jury Award of the International Feature Competition was awarded to Les Enfants terribles by Ahmet Necdet Cupur. We are super happy and thankful for the jury's decision and the support of all friends and contributors.
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APRIL 2021
Our co-production project "Abo Zabaal Prison 1989" has just received the Sound Design award at Beirut cinema platform. Thank you @DB Studios Beirut, looking forward that @Rana Eid will be the sound designer of the film! @Kesmat El Sayed
APRIL 2021
Now it's official! Les Enfants Terribles will have it's World Premiere Visions du Réel in competition! So happy to be part of this amazing journey!
MARCH 2021
Our egyptian/german coproduction "Abo Zabaal Prison 1989" just received production funding from IDFA Bertha Fund. So happy for the support!
MARCH 2021
We're so thrilled that #LiftLikeAGirlFilm will be screened in Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2021 in Greece.
23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
From 4th until 14th of March 2021
MARCH 2021
We are very happy to announce that Lift Like A Girl will be shown on ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel on the 8th of March on the occasion of the International Women’s Day and will be be available to stream at the ZDFmediathek. Lift Like A Girl is a documentary about a teenage girl in Egypt who, against all odds, wants to become a world champion weightlifter.
Link in Bio to watch the Film @zdfmediathek.
DECEMBER 2020
Lift like a girl wins three awards at the prestigious and oscar qualifying Cairo International Film Festival: Audience Award @CIFF 2020, Isis Award for Best Egyptian Film highlighting Women's Economic and Social Role @CIFF2020, Bronze Pyramid Award for Best First or Second Film @CIFF2020. It took place physically and we would have loved to be with our director and producer Mayye Zayed to embrace this special moment. Hopefully next time :-)
OCTOBER 2020
Lift like a girl wins the Golden Dove in german competition @DokLeipzig.
We are over the moon and so grateful for this award!
OCTOBER 2020
Our french, turkish, german co-production Whitewash [WT] wins the Work in Progress prize @Antalya Film Forum, directed by Ahmet Necdet Cupur.
APRIL 2020
Daire Creative Key Art Design Award was presented to our film Whitewash [WT]. Jury’s deliberation: For the courage to face a personal story that tells of a strong and shocking social reality, having the ability to articulate reality in an intimate and always respectful language, the Daire Creative Key Art Design Award goes to Whitewash.
FEBRUARY 2019
Berlinale Talents Event: We just won Robert Bosch Prize 2019 with Abo Zabaal 1989, coproduction with Seemedia Egypt.
DEZEMBER 2019
Berlinale Talents Event: We just won Robert Bosch Prize 2019 with Abo Zabaal 1989, coproduction with Seemedia Egypt.
NOVEMBER 2019
Berlinale Talents Event: We just won Robert Bosch Prize 2019 with Abo Zabaal 1989, coproduction with Seemedia Egypt.
FEBRUARY 2019
Berlinale Talents Event: We just won Robert Bosch Prize 2019 with Abo Zabaal 1989, coproduction with Seemedia Egypt.