Viola Shafik

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viola Shafik
شفيق، ڤيولا
Born(1961-07-24)July 24, 1961
Schönaich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
NationalityEgyptian-German
Alma materAcademy 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "VIOLA SHAFIK". Werkstatt Der Kulturen. Werkstatt der Kulturen. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rawi Consultants". The Royal Film Commission Jordan. RFC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ "What is the MENA Programme?". MENA. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""