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Film director, producer and teacher
Country of origin
Egypt

Born in Alexandria, Maggie Morgan graduated from the American University in Cairo (AUC), where she now teaches film studies. She directed her first documentary, The Picture, in 2002. Her medium-length feature From Within: Her Stories screened at numerous festivals, while her documentary Egypt in the Eyes of Mair screened on MBC’s Al-Arabiya Channel in 2009. Morgan made her feature-length directorial debut Asham in 2012, which also marks her first scriptwriting experience. The film received prizes for Best Director and Best Editor in the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden 2013, the Special Jury Mention at the Festival International des Films D’Orient in Geneva, among others. 2021 her documentary From Meir, to Meir was released.

Articles

Open To the Public
The Locarno Film Festival is not Cannes. There are no red carpets and grand entries and no photographers vying for the attention of stars. In fact, stars are not the highlight of the event. Actors and actresses—many of them famous — do attend the Locarno festival but manage to blend into the crowd and not create commotion. Unlike Cannes, the festival screenings are open to the public. Maggie Morgan, Cairo, member of the Ecumenical Jury Locarno 2006, reports about the festival
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Current issues

Faith and Reflection at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival
"Look at Me..." Award 2024
At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".

Events

11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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26.04.2023
Budapest
In Uncertain Times
In Budapest at the end of April 2023 INTERFILM is organising a seminar on the history of Hungarian film and the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe.
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