Kawthar Younis
Director · b. 1993 · Egypt
An Egyptian director, born in 1993. She attended the Higher Institute of Cinema in Egypt. Her short film "Everyday Story" won first prize in the Civic Engagement Competition organized by the American University in Cairo. A Present from the Past (2015) was her graduation project from the Film Institute and her first feature film.
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Movie7.0DramaFour tales unfold during the Spring, a season notorious for its cruel nature, unearthing secrets, anger, sorrows, and hidden tears parmi seemingly joyful laughter.
Movie6.0DocumentaryMokhtar, a filmmaking professor, receives an unexpected gift on his 75th birthday from his daughter Kawthar, a filmmaker in her early twenties. With two plane tickets to Rome, they set out in search of his long lost love - Patrizia - the woman he promised to return to thirty-three years ago. Being filmed unknowingly throughout the trip, Mokhtar's raw emotions are captured by his daughter's hidden camera. As voyeurs to this quest for love, we are immersed in the lives of the father and daughter, and the triumphs and tribulations they experience during their trip.