Abdellatif Abdelhamid
Director · 1954 – 2024 · Syria
Syrian director, born on January 5, 1954, is the Syrian cinematographer, and the landmark in the history of Syrian cinema. He is considered one of the most important directors in the seventh art field in the entire Arab world. He worked as an actor, musician, director and singer in the student theater and the theater of the cultural center. He studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University before being dispatched to Moscow. In 1981 he graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Moscow. At the Film Institute, he performed 3 works "Goodnight, Old Class, Upside Down." Awards - "Old Lesson" won 6 awards. - He won five awards for his movie "Nights of Jackal". Won four awards for his film "Oral Letters". - He won five awards for his film "The Rise of the Rain." Received seven awards for the movie "The Breeze of the Soul". He won three awards for his film "Qumran and Zaitouna". - He won the gold medal award for the movie "What listeners demand" at the Rabat International Festival. - He won the Best Asian Film Award at the Delhi Festival for his movie "What listeners ask for". Among his cinematic works (writer and director): “Oral Letters” - “The Rise of Rain” - “The Breeze of the Spirit” - “Qumran and Zaitouna” - “What the listeners ask for”.
Movies3
Movie10.0DramaRomanceThe autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.
Movie6.9DramaIn his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family, ironically during the planning of a wedding, the kind of ritual that ought to bond family members together in shared joy. The film exposes the divisive dynamics of patriarchal oppression, and the terrible connections between familial and sociopolitical violence.
MovieThe film revolves around the subject of Syrian-Lebanese relations, starting from the period of the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and up until after the Syrian army left, through a love story between a Lebanese woman who came to Damascus to work as a bank manager, and a young Syrian man who works as a communications manager there. The story between them begins with tension, but it quickly turns into a love story, although the tension between them does not completely disappear with falling in love, as the two characters are still living in the past.