1. Youssef Chahine, the Cosmopolite of Egyptian Cinema
Chahine's films are also grounded by their “Cairo side,” in touch with the city that is the site of the Egyptian film industry, an industry that dominated Arab ...
The recent death of Egyptian director Youssef Chahine (1926-2008) brought to a close an extraordinary and often controversial career extending over six decades and including thirty-seven feature films. Born in Alexandria, Chahine’s life and work ...
2. Youssef Chahine – The Last Arab Optimist | Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival
He grew up watching French and British films of the 30s and 40s. He learned his craft in Hollywood and was deeply influenced by Italian neorealism. His culture ...
Programme and note curated by Tewfik Hakem in collaboration with Cinémathèque française e Association Youssef Chahine
3. An exploration of Youssef Chahine's invaluable cinematic legacy
28 jul 2023 · The Arab collective memory has long associated Youssef Chahine with serious, conservative, intellectual, and political cinematography.
After his death, the Egyptian director's legacy was confined to the annals of history. Al Majalla explores the immense wealth of his dismissed contribution.
4. 5 ways to tell a Youssef Chahine film - BFI
28 jun 2023 · To several generations of cinephiles, Chahine was the Arab auteur, a filmmaker who succeeded in carving out a highly distinctive body of work ...
Breaking down the defining characteristics of the work of the internationally celebrated Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine.
5. Youssef Chahine | Music, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts, Film, Souk
Born in Egypt's Alexandria in 1926, Youssef Chahine was educated at private schools, including the elite, English-language Victoria College, ...
Born in Egypt’s Alexandria in 1926, Youssef Chahine was educated at private schools, including the elite, English-language Victoria College, the city’s pre-eminent high school. He was fascinated by theater and the performing arts at an early age and, still in his teens, Chahine convinced his parents to let him travel to Hollywood to study acting. From 1946 to 1948 he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse outside Los Angeles and, upon returning to Egypt, landed apprentice work with an Italian documentary filmmaker, Gianni Vernuccio, and found another Italian mentor in Alvisi Orfanelli, an influential figure in Egypt's cinema history.
6. Youssef Chahine - Cinema and Media Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
27 nov 2023 · Introduction. Youssef Chahine is widely considered as one of the foremost cinema directors in the Arab world whose work transcended the ...
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7. Youssef CHAHINE - Festival de Cannes
Egyptian nationality Youssef Chahine was born in 1926, on the 25th of January, in Alexandrie (Egypte). 2004 : Alexandria New York 2002 : 11'09''01 ...
Egyptian nationality Youssef Chahine was born in 1926, on the 25th of January, in Alexandrie (Egypte). 2004 : Alexandria New York 2002 : 11'09''01 - September 11 2001 : Silence… we're Rolling 1999 : The Other 1997 : Destiny 1994 : The Emigrant 1991 : Cairo as told by Youssef Chahine (doc) 1989 : Alexa
8. Where to begin with Youssef Chahine - BFI
23 aug 2021 · One of the few Egyptian filmmakers to gain an international audience in his lifetime, Alexandria-born director Youssef Chahine enjoyed a ...
A beginner’s path through the work of one of the Arab world’s most internationally celebrated filmmakers – Egyptian master Youssef Chahine.
9. Youssef Chahine: The Many Worlds of an Egyptian Director - Al Jadid
... Chahine's persistence, originality, and consistent humanistic values. Fawal presents the Egyptian cultural background for Chahine's work in an introduction ...
Youssef Chahine By Ibrahim Fawal British Film Institute, 2001, 240 pp.
10. Post-Colonial Egypt Through the Lens of Youssef Chahine — afikra | عفكرة
13 aug 2024 · This realist trend in cinema is demonstrated in the films of Youssef Chahine especially. The changing political culture in Egypt and the Arab ...
Words by Hoor El Shafei
11. Youssef Chahine - Bronze Screen Dream
Youssef Chahine: Renowned Egyptian filmmaker ... Youssef Chahine. Youssef Chahine was an ... Cultural Identity and Nationalism: Chahine often ...
Youssef Chahine: Renowned Egyptian filmmaker, acclaimed for his bold storytelling, social commentary, and influential works like “Cairo Station” and “The Emigrant.”
