Inas El-Degheidy
Inas El Degheidy (born 10 March 1953) is an Egyptian film director.[1] Was raised by a moderate father, who has a great impact on her life, Islamic basics she had it from him by a golden spoon, which made her write to show the contradictions we Egyptians are facing in our life's.
Her films tackle difficult social issues, and mostly trying to heal our wounds with massages of love and peace, but her works are complex and some of our vast population does not digest it and act in a wrong and funny replies, that shows how squared they are. And she has become a controversial public figure in Egypt.[2] She has received death threats from Islamic militants,[1] and has in turn criticised those Islamists who view art as blasphemous.[3]
Life
Inas El Degheidy was born in Cairo, "one of eight children of a conservative, middle-class family". Her father taught Arabic.[1] She graduated from the Cinema Institute in 1975, and directed her first film Pardon Law in 1985.[2]
Her upcoming movie Al-Samt (Silence) will tackle the subject of a woman sexually abused by her father. The Egyptian Board of Censors has demanded that the script be modified to ensure that the father is portrayed as "mentally diseased and thus unrepresentative of the general Egyptian male figure."[3]
Films
- `Afwan ayuha al-qanun (Pardon, Law), 1985
- al-Tahhadi (The Challenge), 1988
- Zaman al-mammu` (Age of the Forbidden), 1988
- Imra`a wahida la takfi (One Woman is Not Enough), 1990
- Qadiyat Samiha Badran (The Case of Samiha Badran), 1992
- al-Qatila (Lady Killer), 1992
- Discu disku (Disco, Disco), 1993
- Lahm rakhis (Cheap Flesh), 1994
- Istakoza (Lobster), 1996
- Dantilla (Lace), 1998. Winner of best director at Pusan Film Festival.[1][2]
- Kalam al-layl (Night Whispers), 1999
- al-Warda al-hamra (The Red Rose), 2000
- Mudhakkarat murahiqa (Diary of a Teenage Girl), 2001
- Night Talk, 2002
- Al-Bahithat `an al-huriya (Looking for Freedom), 2004
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rebecca Hillauer (2005). Encyclopedia Of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 59–65. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-61147-443-5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- 1 2 Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Inas Al Degheidy: Breaking Taboos in an Age of Islamists, Al Akhbar English, 5 January 2012.
External links
- Inas El-Degheidy at the Internet Movie Database
- Egyptian posters for films directed by Inas Al Degheidy