Directing

Marouan Omara

Born

1987-08-14 (39)

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Marouan Omara is a filmmaker, educator, programmer, and arts administrator. His dedication to recognizing and promoting Arab and African filmmaking surpasses his own creative endeavors. He actively produces films that straddle the line between fiction and documentary, employing cinema as a genuine tool for research. His film language revolves around character dynamics, creating a dreamlike connection to the everyday experiences of his society and surroundings. Collaborative filmmaking and the sharing of authorship are core beliefs in his approach to contemporary cinema. His latest feature-length film, DREAMAWAY, received accolades, being shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in the Egyptian n…

Known for

Dream Away poster
NR

Stunning and surreal, this hybrid documentary finds a group of hotel staff reflecting on their life, hopes and dreams in a deserted Egyptian holiday resort.

Dream Away

2019

The Visit poster
7.0

As a World Bank team visits an Egyptian village to investigate the transformation in agricultural management system, a TV presenter prepares a couple of episodes on the life of village women and a group of students visit a museum in Cairo with artificial figures that are supposed to resemble the life of Egyptian farmer.

The Visit

2015

No artwork available
9.0

Documentary about the role of images in Egypt before and during the revolution, almost entirely filmed inside the Egyptian State-run Al-Ahram newspaper building and its role in shaping the image of the state and its head in addition to the collective conscious. co-directed by Johanna Domke (Germany) and Marouan Omara (Egypt). The audio narrates the story of photographers before it gets to a critical understanding of how icons and frames are influential on the media industry in egypt, and how this is heavily state controlled. The footage shows the usually off-premises Al-Ahram newspaper building (and operations), and was shot in very particular times and very short period.

Crop

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Missing Planet

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One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake poster
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Islam Chipsy from Egypt and Aïsha Devi from Switzerland are two musicians whose main strength lies in their live performances, informed by a non-repetitive unique style that YouTube or SoundCloud will never be able to reproduce. One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake documents the process of a week of meetings between Aïsha and Chipsy in Cairo, Egypt where they were asked to produce a collaborative music track.

One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake

2017

Behind the camera

Dream Away poster
NR

Stunning and surreal, this hybrid documentary finds a group of hotel staff reflecting on their life, hopes and dreams in a deserted Egyptian holiday resort.

Dream Away

2019

Dream Away poster
NR

Stunning and surreal, this hybrid documentary finds a group of hotel staff reflecting on their life, hopes and dreams in a deserted Egyptian holiday resort.

Dream Away

2019

The Visit poster
7.0

As a World Bank team visits an Egyptian village to investigate the transformation in agricultural management system, a TV presenter prepares a couple of episodes on the life of village women and a group of students visit a museum in Cairo with artificial figures that are supposed to resemble the life of Egyptian farmer.

The Visit

2015

No artwork available
9.0

Documentary about the role of images in Egypt before and during the revolution, almost entirely filmed inside the Egyptian State-run Al-Ahram newspaper building and its role in shaping the image of the state and its head in addition to the collective conscious. co-directed by Johanna Domke (Germany) and Marouan Omara (Egypt). The audio narrates the story of photographers before it gets to a critical understanding of how icons and frames are influential on the media industry in egypt, and how this is heavily state controlled. The footage shows the usually off-premises Al-Ahram newspaper building (and operations), and was shot in very particular times and very short period.

Crop

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Missing Planet

—

One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake poster
NR

Islam Chipsy from Egypt and Aïsha Devi from Switzerland are two musicians whose main strength lies in their live performances, informed by a non-repetitive unique style that YouTube or SoundCloud will never be able to reproduce. One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake documents the process of a week of meetings between Aïsha and Chipsy in Cairo, Egypt where they were asked to produce a collaborative music track.

One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake

2017

One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake poster
NR

Islam Chipsy from Egypt and Aïsha Devi from Switzerland are two musicians whose main strength lies in their live performances, informed by a non-repetitive unique style that YouTube or SoundCloud will never be able to reproduce. One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake documents the process of a week of meetings between Aïsha and Chipsy in Cairo, Egypt where they were asked to produce a collaborative music track.

One Plus One Makes a Pharaoh's Chocolate Cake

2017