Viola Shafik

Viola Shafik
Native name شفيق، ڤيولا
Born (1961-07-24)July 24, 1961
Schönaich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality Egyptian-German
Alma mater Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart

Viola Shafik is an Egyptian-German film theorist, curator, and filmmaker.[1]

Early life and career

Shafik was born in Schönaich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany to an Egyptian father and a German mother.She studied Oriental studies and German studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and in 1994, received her PhD. Her dissertation, Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity was later published in English in 1998. She lived in New York in 1996 as a result of a grant from the Rockefeller Humanities Foundation.[2] Shafik has taught at the American University in Cairo and Zürich University.[1] She has also been a consultant for training initiatives La Biennale di Venezia, the al-Rawi Screenwriters Lab, and the Dubai Film Connection. She also has curated film festivals.[3] Shafik has been a translator for German television.[2]

She currently is the Head of Studies of the MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) Programme Documentary Campus,[3] an initiative that is focused on directing and producing documentary films in Middle Eastern and North African countries.[4]

Selected filmography

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "VIOLA SHAFIK". Werkstatt Der Kulturen. Werkstatt der Kulturen. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. p. 109. ISBN 9789774162688. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Rawi Consultants". The Royal Film Commission Jordan. RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "What is the MENA Programme?". MENA. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

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