Viola Shafik

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Viola Shafik (born June 24, 1961 in Schönaich ) is a German-Egyptian film theorist, curator and filmmaker.

Life

Shafik was born to an Egyptian father and a German mother. She studied oriental studies , fine arts and film studies in Stuttgart. In 1994 she received her doctorate as Dr. phil. with Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity . In 1996 she lived in New York on a grant from the Rockefeller Humanities Foundation. Shafik taught at the American University in Cairo and the University of Zurich . Shafik worked as a translator for German television.

She is currently the director of studies for the MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) documentary film campus program, which focuses on the production of documentary films in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1987: The Core of the Pomegranates (Inside the Pomegranate)
  • 1993: The Lemon Tree
  • 1999: Planting of Girls
  • 2003: Journey of a Queen
  • 2011: My Name is not Ali
  • 2014: Scent of Revolution (Arij)

literature

  • Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity , AUCPress, Cairo, 1998
  • Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class and Nation , AUCPress, 2007

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b VIOLA SHAFIK. In: werkstatt-der-kulturen.de. Workshop of Cultures, accessed December 27, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Viola Shafik. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Rebecca Hillauer, Allison Brown, Deborah Cohen, Nancy Joyce: Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers . American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 2005, ISBN 978-977-416-268-8 .
  4. ↑ a b Rawi Consultants. In: film.jo. RFC, accessed December 27, 2015 .
  5. ↑ What is the MENA program? . In: MENA . Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Shafik, viola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Egyptian film theorist, curator and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönaich