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

Stratos-Greek Thriller

by Sherif Awad  With international actors like Max Von Sydow and Jean Reno and American actors like John Cusack and even Tom Cruise played contract killers in different films with different tones...

FESTICAB Burundi/Films

by Sherif Awad In last week’s article, I explained how the three presidents of juries, including myself, spent the period of the 7th FESTICAB Festival in Bujumbura at the confines of our hotel after...

FESTICAB Burundi

by Sherif Awad After Akrykamera in Warsaw, the seventh edition of the International Festival of Cinema and Audiovisual in Burundi (FESTICAB) started on April 24 and lasted until April 30 in the...

AfryKamera Poland/Difret

by Sherif Awad From the 21st till the 26th of April, the tenth edition of AfryKamera Film Festival was organized in Warsaw while screening being expanded across other major Polish cities like Krakow...

The Dream of Shahrazad

by Sherif Awad More than her adventurous creations like Aladdin, Sinbad and Ali Baba, the character of Shahrazad, the central storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights, has influenced many writers...

The Tentmakers of Cairo

by Sherif Awad In Egypt, our notion about Australian cinema is limited to stars like Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Nicole Kidman and films like Australia and the first three Mad Max films...

Namibia’s Cinema: Waterberg to Waterberg

by Sherif Awad Last week, we discussed the documentary Paths to Freedom that retold the struggle of Namibians until their country gained its independence in 1990. In the same context, another...

Namibia’s Cinema: Paths to Freedom

by Sherif Awad Among the important documentaries screened at the 4th Luxor African Film Festival last week, the Namibian documentary Paths to Freedom that retells the long road walked by Namibian...

Egyptian Caricatures

by Sherif Awad The art of caricature goes back to the day of Leonardo da Vinci and artists of the 18th century who also used to criticize social and political matters by drawing exaggerated portrayal...
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