Articles by Sherif M. Awad: Film Critic-Since 1990

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker Costas Chrysanthou, Cyprus

By Sherif Awad Costas Chrysanthou was born in Nicosia in 1979. In 2005, he was awarded the Bachelor in Arts from the Northern Film School (Leeds Metropolitan University). Since 2007 he...

Cinema After Corona: with film curator Moses Serugo, founder of African Movie Night, Kampala, Uganda

by Sherif Awad Moses Serugo is an arts journalist and film critic who worked for Daily Monitor, The Observer, The Independent and The East African covering mostly performing arts and cinema. Now he is...

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker Louay Yassin, founder of De Zéro, Documentary Streaming Platform

by Sherif Awad Louay Yassin is a Syrian-born documentary filmmaker who is now based in France.  He has been a screenwriter since 2009 and documentary director since 2018. In February 2019, he...

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker/actor Johnny Zito, USA

by Sherif Awad Award-winning Actor/Writer/Director/Filmmaker. Born, raised, currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Trained at New Actors Workshop in NYC under Mike Nichols, George Morrison, and their...

Live Interview Cast and Crew of Nurture Nature, short film shot during COVID-19 lockdown

by Sherif Awad Nurture Nature is a short film inspired by the recent improvement in the environment seen after a few days of global lockdown due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The team members of...

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker Jide Otutu, Nigeria

by Sherif Awad Nigerian Film Production a.k.a. Nollywood is one of leading film outlets in Africa. After the rise of film rentals on VHS tapes then DVDs and Blu-ray, Nigerian cinema has a strong...

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker/actor Jonny Lewis, USA

by Sherif Awad In our discussion on Cinema After Corona, we join actor and filmmaker Jonny Lewis who excelled in short films and off-off-Broadway plays.  Lewis started acting at age 45 after...

Cinema After Corona: with filmmaker/film festival organiser Frederico Ruas, Brazil

by Sherif Awad Frederico Ruas is a partner at ANTI FILMES, a production company based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He specialized in Screenplay, Direction and Editing after enrolling in the Unisinos...

Cinema After Corona: with music composer Edmund Hartman, USA

by Sherif Awad Edmud (Ed) Hartman is an award-winning composer, who has scored music for film, TV, radio, and even a planetarium. He has recorded and performed with numerous bands, orchestras, dance...
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