Viola Shafik
Viola Shafik | |
|---|---|
| شفيق، ڤيولا | |
| Born | July 24, 1961 |
| 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
- The Core of the Pomegranates (Das Innere des Granatapfels, 1987)
- The Lemon Tree (1993)
- Planting of Girls (1999)
- Journey of a Queen (2003)
- My Name is not Ali (2011)
- Scent of Revolution (Arij, 2014)
Bibliography
- Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity, AUCPress, Cairo, 1998
- Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class and Nation, AUCPress, 2007
References
- ^ a b "VIOLA SHAFIK". Werkstatt Der Kulturen. Werkstatt der Kulturen. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ a b Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. p. 109. ISBN 9789774162688. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Rawi Consultants". The Royal Film Commission Jordan. RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "What is the MENA Programme?". MENA. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
External links
- Viola Shafik at IMDb
- Viola Shafik in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Viola Shafik on her film Arij, Scent of Revolution