Abu Bakr Shawky
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IWC Filmmaker Award 2017 Honorable Mention
About
Abu Bakr Shawky is an Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker. His award-winning films The Colony, Martyr Friday and Things I Heard on Wednesdays have been screened at festivals around the world. He holds a BA in Political Science from the American University in Cairo and an MFA in Filmmaking from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Yomeddine
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.