mohsen@donkeyshot.ch
Studied film directing at F+F Zurich, Switzerland, school of art and media design, where he also worked after his graduation. As a director and producer he realises various fiction and documentary films.
Ahmed Abdel Mohsen is the founder of Swiss Initiative – culture projects, Zurich, Karmakol International Festival, Sudan, and FEKRA CULTURAL CENTER, Aswan, Egypt, and Co-Founder of donkeyshot filmproduction Zurich.
filmografie (selection)
- 2021 Mahatah – Sider Stories from Main Stations
(in postproduction) documentary 80′ Egypt / Switzerland
Co-directed with Sandra Gysi
Production: RECK Filmproduction Zurich - 2021 Almaz (in postproduction)
short fiction 30′ by Mia Bittar, Sudan
(producer) - 2017 Iman
short fiction 44′ by Mia Bittar, Sudan
(producer)
> Trailer - 2015 Comédie Humaine – An encounter between art and architecture
documentary 52′, Switzerland
Co-directing with Sandra Gysi - 2011 Sira – Songs of the Crescent Moon
Documentary for Cinema, 77′, Egypt / Switzerland
(Co-directing with Sandra Gysi; Cinematography, Editing, Production)
www.sira-film.com
World Premiere: Visions du réel, Nyon, Switzerland ; International competition (7. – 13. 4. 2011)
Prizes: International Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria; Winner Dokumentarfilmpreis (31. 5. – 5. 6. 2011), Al Jazeera Film Festival, Doha, Qatar; Nomination “Best Film”,(21.- 24. 4. 2011)
More than 25 festivals worldwide - 2012 Laila, Hala and Karima – A Year in Revolutionary Cairo
Documentary for Television by Ahmed Abdel Mohsen and Eduard Erne, 52′, Egypt / Switzerland
(director)
in Coproduction with the Swiss Television SRF (Sternstunden) and 3sat. - 2010 Rithaa – Tales of the Hereafter
Multimedial Musictheater by Mela Meierhans about Islamic dead rituals, 60′, Switzerland
(Cinematography)
Premiere: Berliner Festspiele, Märzmusik, Haus der Kulturen Berlin, Germany (28.3.2010)
Further Shows: Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland (13. – 18. 10. 2010) - 2009 Laisser-passer
documentary by Ghamkin Saleh, Switzerland
(editing) - 2008 In between
Multimedia Danceshow 2008 with Maya Farner, Switzerland
Stadtheater Winterthur, 60′ (demo 5’22”)
(director) - 2008 Fragments of Paradise
Multimedia Dance-show 2006 with Maya Farner, Switzerland
Kaufleuten Zurich, 90′ (fragment 44”)
(director) - 2005 Away to God documentary about holy festivals in Egypt 2005
22′ (Trailer 1’23”)
(director) - 2004 Rahim
short fiction, 6′, Switzerland
(director) - 2003 Apple
short fiction, 8′ Min. , Switzerland
(director)
