Marwan Tarek

Directing

Marwan Tarek

Born 1997-09-15 · Alexandria, Egypt

Director / Writer Born in 1997. Marwan graduated from Victoria college, Alexandria in 2016 and studies fine arts at Alexandria university. He enrolled in his first short movie at the age of 10 in one of Bibliotheca Alexandrina's competitions, where he got introduced to people with common interests. Then he became one of the youngest filmmaking team in the country. He glowed up by executing Victoria college class'16 graduation video as an unpaid advertisement for Vodafone co. and it went viral all-over Egypt. Then he was technically adopted by the well known director Ahmed Al-Naggar and he worked professionally as an assistant director for 3 years His movie "Young people" won the 1st place in Ministry of Youth's film competition and got promoted with a scholarship to study mobile filmmaking in Tunisia. Trés Court International film festival selected his last film he directed about his school "The dark side of Victoria" to get screened in the opening ceremony. Selected as a jury with University doctors for the short film competition for school students at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2018 He directed the 1st documentary with the well known rapper Shahyn "The return of the fiercest type of hawks" after 4 years of absence. "Mama" is one of his most touching pieces, as he framed out his mother's struggles and sacrifitions. "Nevia" and "Qenawy" popped out from daily life's observing and situations para-analysis The short film "Qenawy" Awards : Best short documentary at Fistup FIlm Festival in California Best Cinematography award and nominated for the Best Directing at the GreyJo Festival in America Honorable Mention and Reached a finals and Student World Impact Film Festival Reached a finals at the SON OF A PITCH Festival in Italy ,He published a short film for the Internet only, “I Grew Up,” and it spread widely in Egypt and the Arab world He has various experiences in the field of music videos, where he directed “Muftares” by Shubra Al-General, Mahraganat singer, in cooperation with the music artist Solly, and then “Nazlet Samman” with music by “Al-Waili” and the rapper Karim Osama, which spread widely throughout Egypt, and after that he directed two music videos with Karim. Osama variants: “Al-Abyad” and “Loji”, win in the third edition of filmydesign festival “ audience award” for my film “Umm Al Dunya” .

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Dream Catcher poster
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Marwan directed this film while he was a student at Victoria College. It expresses his dream as a director and his relationship with the school. This film is the second film directed by a student at the school, after Youssef Chahine's Victoria College graduate film "As Students".

Dream Catcher

2016

YOUNG PEOPLE poster
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A group of young people, who spent their childhood in the bibliotheca Alexandria and discovered their talents and future through the library, including the director himself, we see what they do after the library phase.

YOUNG PEOPLE

2017

SHAHYN - THE RETURN OF THE FIERCEST TYPES OF HAWKS poster
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Shahyn is considered one of the first rappers in Egypt. After his father's death, he decided to stop rapping and travel to Dubai to escape music, then returned to his hometown of Alexandria, resuming his music career with a different identity.

SHAHYN - THE RETURN OF THE FIERCEST TYPES OF HAWKS

2019

NIVEA poster
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The life of a heavy transporter people called him NEVIA lives in a world full of dangers, faced by death more than once, and narrates hi fate and fate of his daughters in education on his way

NIVEA

2021

UMM AL-DUNYA poster
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The film follows a writer-director as he sits down to write a book that contemplates Egypt. As he begins penning his personal experiences, the narrative delves into his upbringing, reflecting on the past through influential figures such as his teacher, artists, and an editor-in-chief. The writer-director explores how these changes shaped the Egyptian society, using representative snapshots of the future embodied by the singer Karim Ossama. Through his writing, the film presents a thoughtful exploration of personal and societal transformations, offering a unique perspective on Egypt's evolving identity.

UMM AL-DUNYA

2024

UMM AL-DUNYA poster
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The film follows a writer-director as he sits down to write a book that contemplates Egypt. As he begins penning his personal experiences, the narrative delves into his upbringing, reflecting on the past through influential figures such as his teacher, artists, and an editor-in-chief. The writer-director explores how these changes shaped the Egyptian society, using representative snapshots of the future embodied by the singer Karim Ossama. Through his writing, the film presents a thoughtful exploration of personal and societal transformations, offering a unique perspective on Egypt's evolving identity.

UMM AL-DUNYA

2024

MAMA poster
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Mona Ibrahim, who lives in Alexandria, talks about her relationship with Alexandria and with her mother during Alzheimer's disease, and their relationship with Alexandria, the "mother".

MAMA

2020

NUBI poster
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Ziyad Walid -Nubi-, is a young male rapper from southern Egypt who lived his childhood in Saudi Arabia where he used to get bullied and be left out. When he went back to Egypt, he dealt with being different, and Rap was the only way to express his feelings and prove himself. Rap gave Nubi the opportunity to be heard by people of his age who believe in him and his type of art. He sings a new genre, a mix between Southern Egyptian culture and trap music, trying to keep pace with the rap scene in Egypt. NUBI has a dream of holding a concert in the city of -Aswan-, specifically in Nubia, by following the steps of his idol, Mounir, the famous Nubian singer in Egypt, who experienced the same journey of being a stranger by just having dark skin. NUBI believes that singing is a gift God gave him, and the mic is from heaven.

NUBI

2023

After Grad poster
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Life After Graduation

After Grad

2025

I Grew Up .. ? poster
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Film By : Marwan Tarek

I Grew Up .. ?

2023

I WANT TO SLEEP poster
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Just a young man who wants to sleep

I WANT TO SLEEP

2025

Batalat El Digital poster
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Seven women who are influential online in various fields

Batalat El Digital

2020

QENAWY poster
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Qena is a governorate in Upper Egypt, characterized by a rural look Those who live in this county are called "Qenawy". Abdel Elsabour, who hasn’t completed his 20 years yet lives in Upper Egypt, Isolated from the city, trying to create some shots “ Al-Marmah " shows the celebration that takes place in Upper Egypt every year, with horses dancing and jousting, and he lives in a struggle between his village mores and the cultural openness of his generation. He travels from city to another just to watch cinema" movie", he goes out at night well dressed, hears rap and go skateboarding, as he feels alienated in his village because he is different and his dream is to be a cinematographer studying aboard.

QENAWY

2022

The Dark Side of Victoria poster
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Victoria College is considered one of the oldest schools in Alexandria, but after nationalization and in the new millennium, many rumors began circulating about it. However, the more the rumors increase, the more its students' loyalty to it grows.

The Dark Side of Victoria

2019