Aswan International Women Film Festival to honor veteran Egyptian director Enaam Mohamed Aly

The sixth edition of Aswan International Women Film Festival which will be held from February 23 to 28, will honor the great director, Enaam Mohamed Ali.

This honor came in appreciation of the veteran Egyptian director long creative career and her prominent role in supporting women's issues and expressing them on the screen.

Dr. Azza Kamel, Vice-Chairman of the Festival's Board of Trustees, said that Enaam Mohamed Ali is one of the most important filmmakers who contributed to raising Egyptian women's issues,through films including “ Asfa Arfoud el Talak” (Sorry, I refuse to get divorced), “Youmeyat Emra’a Asreya” (Diaries of a Modern Woman) and " Sa’ed el Ahlam” (Dream Hunter).

Kamel added that Enaam is a creative person with a vision and has national concerns, which she expressed in her films “Hekayat el Ghareeb” (Stranger Tales) and " El Tare’e Ella Eilat” (The Road to Eilat), in addition to her outstanding contribution and long creative career in television drama, as one of the most important symbols of Egyptian drama, where she raised important feminist issues in series that achieved success.

Enaam Mohamed Ali series include prominent of them are " Heya Wa Elmostaheel” (She and the Impossible), “ El Hob Wa Ashya’a Okhra” (Love and Other Things), "Umm Kulthum", "Kassem Amin", “ Qeset el Ames” (Yesterday's Story), " Dameer Abla Hikmat” (The Conscience of Teacher Hikmat) among others.

Dr. Azza Kamel confirmed that the creativity of Enaam Mohamed Ali represents an important pillar of feminist creativity in cinema and TV drama, in addition to the fact that since she started her work as a director, she has discussed multiple  women's issues , also women rights and obtaining their legitimate gains was her main aim so she is the most prominent name pertaining to discussing women's issues on screen in Egypt and the Arab world.

It is worth mentioning that Aswan International Women Film Festival decided to grant Isis Achievement Award to veteran Egyptian actress Sawsan Badr in recognition of her long artistic career and her great contribution to Egyptian and Arab cinema screen.