Mahmoud Ibrahim

filmmaker

Egypt

Mahmoud Ibrahim is a 25 year old Egyptian filmmaker. He was among the first class of students to graduate from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Alexandria in 2023. He is interested in the relationship between the individual and the city, and the intersection of collective and personal archives. His debut short film “The last day” participated in Berlinale International Film Festival 75 in the Forum Expanded. He co-founded HandyCam Films, an independent collective that seeks to explore new art spaces and create alternative production methods.

Kafr el Dawwar – Athens

in development

In a forgotten industrial city on Egypt’s edge, a young man, Ahmed prepares to risk everything for a new life in Greece, while his older brother, Gamal clings to him and to a past that is rapidly vanishing with their hometown.