Abdullatif Abdulhamid
Abdellatif Abdelhamid (5 January 1954 – 15 May 2024) was a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and Rabat International Film Festival. Abdelhamid studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.
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- Name
- Abdellatif Abdelhamid
- Born
- 5 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Homs, Syria
- Died
- 15 May 2024
- Awards
- Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival - Critics Award 1993 Rasael Shafahiyyah Muscat Film Festival - Best Director 2001 Qamaran wa Zaytouna Singapore International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize 2007 Kharej al-Taghtiya
- Nationality
- First Syrian Republic · United Arab Republic · Syria
- Occupation
- film director · actor · screenwriter
- Education
- Damascus University · Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Languages
- Arabic
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Abdellatif Abdelhamid (5 January 1954 – 15 May 2024) was a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and Rabat International Film Festival. Abdelhamid studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.
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He died on 15 May 2024, at the age of 70.
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• Name — Abdellatif Abdelhamid • Born — 5 January 1954 • Birthplace — Homs, Syria • Died — 15 May 2024 • Native Name — عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد • Years Active — 1981–2024 • Awards — Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival - Critics Award 1993 Rasael Shafahiyyah Muscat Film Festival - Best Director 2001 Qamaran wa Zaytouna Singapore International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize 2007 Kharej al-Taghtiya
Filmography
Filmography
• Umniyat (Wishes, 1983) (Documentary). • Aydina (Our Hands, 1982) (Documentary). • Layali Ibn Awa, (Nights of the Jackals, 1989). • Rasael Shafahiyyah (Verbal Letters, 1991). • Suoud al-Matar (The Rise of Rain, 1994). • Nassim al-Roh (Soul Breeze, 1998). • Qamaran wa Zaytouna (Two Moons and an Olive, 2001). • Ma Yatlubuhu al-Musstamiun (At Our Listeners' Request, 2003). • Kharej al-Taghtiya (Out of Coverage, 2007). • September's Rain(2011)
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- 1.Armes, Roy. Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. 13, 16. 2018. 9780253031730.
- 2.Marineau, Jean-Claude. Impressions d'Afrique — récit de voyage cinématographique. Ciné-Bulles. 15. 4. 32–35. 1997.
- 3.Al-Quds Al-Arabi. وفاة المخرج السينمائي السوري عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد عن 70 عاماً. 16 May 2024.
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