Amal Ramsis Explained

Amal Ramsis
Birth Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality:Egyptian
Occupation:Filmmaker
Notable Works:The Trace of the Butterfly, Forbidden

Amal Ramsis (Arabic: أمل رمسيس) is an Egyptian filmmaker.[1] She studied directing at the International Film and Television School in Madrid.[2]

Filmography

YearOriginal titleEnglish title Credits
2018You Come From Far AwayYou Come From Far Away[3] Director
2015أثر الفراشةThe Trace of the Butterfly[4] [5] Director
2011ممنوعForbidden[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Director
2009LifeLife[11] Director
2005Solo SueñosOnly Dreams[12] Director
2001بيروت على شط البحرBeirut Is on the Seaside[13] Director

She has also directed Silence and Plateau.[14]

Prizes

Ramsis' Forbidden has been awarded the Audience Award for the Best Feature Documentary in Drac Magic (May 2011), the Best Film in the Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam (September 2011), the Best Film for Human Rights in the Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible de Bilbao (September 2011), the Best Film in the Festival of Political Cinema realized by Women of Madrid (December 2011) and the Best Documentary Film in the Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre (April 2012);[15] it was also screened at the Millennium Film Festival and the Arab Film Festival Berlin.[16] Her The Trace of the Butterfly, an entirely independent film with no external funding, has received the Audience Award in Dortmund | Cologne's International Women's Film Festival and screened at the Istanbul Film Festival, the CINEQUEST Film Festival at California, Her Africa Film Festival and the IAWRT African Film Festival.[17] [18] [19] [20]

Contributions to film festivals

Cairo International Women's Film Festival

In 2008, she founded Caravan of Arab and Latin American Women's Films[21] (Arabic: قافلة سينما المرأة العربية واللاتينية) or Entre Cineastas (Arabic: بين سينمائيات), which developed later into the Cairo International Women's Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان القاهرة الدولي لسينما المرأة).[22] It is the first festival of its kind in the Arab World.[23] Ramsis also heads the One-Minute Workshop program where she trains non-professional women in the basics of cinematography and short film directing.[24]

Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival

Ramsis served on the Rwe Film Award selection jury in 2015.[25] [26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2298061/ Amal Ramsis on IMDb
  2. http://www.dw.de/ramsis-amal/a-15906771 Speaker profile
  3. Web site: You Come from Far Away. dohafilminstitute.com. 2019-03-24.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498730/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 The Trace of the Butterfly on IMDb
  5. http://dokufest.com/2015/qa-amal-ramsis/ Q&A with Amal Ramsis in DokuFest on The Trace of the Butterfly
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYWsLoZrLz0 Forbidden, Trailer
  7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3461040/?ref_=nm_knf_t3 Forbidden on IMDb
  8. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/05/egypt-artists-in-place-of-war-feature The documentary film-maker who chronicled the often absurd restrictions imposed on everyday life
  9. http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/03/arab-women-bring-spring-to-the-screen/ Arab Women Bring Sprig to the Screen: 'Forbidden' at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague
  10. http://www.cccb.org/en/activities/file/off-program-presents-mamnou-prohibit/218958 Forbidden at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
  11. http://d6388.com/artist/amal-ramsis-p654182 Amal Ramsis - Filmography
  12. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816653/?ref_=nm_knf_t2 Solo Sueños on IMDb
  13. https://issuu.com/visionaire/docs/dok2011_katalog/ DOK Leipzig 2016 Catalogue
  14. http://cmca-med.org/film/forbidden/ 'Forbidden' on the Mediterranean Center for Audiovisual Communication's Website
  15. http://www.antiimperialista.org/amal_ramsis_assisi Projection of the award-winning documentary film “Forbidden”
  16. http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=film&no=13735 About 'Forbidden'
  17. http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/05/12/egyptian-documentary-wins-audience-award-in-international-womens-film-festival-dortmund/ Egyptian documentary wins Audience Award in International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund
  18. https://www.facebook.com/IFFF.Dortmund.Koeln/posts/10153911465434762 Trailer Ruhr Audience Award Announcement
  19. http://www.iawrt.org/sites/default/files/field/attachments/HER%20AFRICA!%20Film%20Festival%20Screening%20Schedule.pdf HER AFRICA! Film Festival Screening Schedule
  20. http://www.iawrt.org/news/bravery-love-fights-laughs-vegans Bravery, Love, Fights, Laughs and Vegans
  21. http://www.cityofwomen.org/en/content/artist/amal-ramsis City of Women - Profile
  22. Web site: About CIWFF . 2016-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302212530/http://cairowomenfilmfest.com/aboutus/ . 2017-03-02 . dead .
  23. https://www.mediasupport.org/unveiling-strength-arab-women-filmmaking/ Ramsis on Arab Women, CIWFF and The Trace of the Butterfly
  24. http://www.cineyderechoshumanos.com/2013/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=8&idn=17282&lang=en Amal Ramsis will give a workshop at the 11th Human Rights Film Festival
  25. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2298061/news?ref_=nm_phs_nw Dortmund's International Feature Film Competition for Women Directors Announced Participants
  26. Web site: Jury Selection . 2016-12-25 . 2019-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190514135712/https://frauenfilmfestival.eu/module/index.php%3Fid%3D2358%26L%3D1 . dead .

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