Chaos

Youssef Chahine - He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1926. He studied at Alexandria University and Cinema and Drama at the Pasadena Play House in the U.S. Alvise Orfanelli, a pioneer in Egypt, produced his first feature Father Amine, in 1950. Ten years later with Le Fils du Nil, he participated for the first time of the Cannes Film Festival. In 1979, he was awarded a Silver Bear and the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival with Alexandrie, Pourquoi, first part of the autobiographical trilogy that would be completed with an An Egyptian Story (1982) and Alexandria Again and Forever (1990). He has a solid career of over 40 films including Destiny (21st Mostra), The Other (23rd Mostra), The Sixth Day (11th Mostra), the episode Egypt of the collective film 11’09’’01 - September 11 (26th Mostra), and Alexandria... New York (28th Mostra). Khaled Youssef - He was born in Cairo and studied Engineering. He worked as an assistant director for Youssef Chahine and co-wrote the scripts for his films Destiny (21st Mostra), The Other (23rd Mostra), and Alexandria... New York (28th Mostra). He has directed such features as The Storm (2000), My Soul Mate (2004), Ouija (2006) and Chaos (co-director).

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA