Sherif M. Awad
Born in Cairo, Sherif Awad is film critic/curator who worked as a programmer and communications manager since 1990 in Cairo International Film Festival, Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries and Luxor African Film Festival in Egypt.
Between 1990 and 2000, Awad worked as Marketing Manager in the Egyptian regional offices of Fox/Warner and UIP. In the last few years, he curated Arab and foreign film/video programs in several European countries including Italy, Sweden and Ireland as well as in the Egyptian Contemporary Art Gallery Darb 1718. In addition to his contribution to several specialized publications, he was Chief Editor of both The Ticket Entertainment Magazine and the art journal Contemporary Practices. He was holding the position of the Film/Art Editor of Egypt Today Magazine, the leading English published monthly magazine in Egypt. Awad also contributed to Westchester Guardian in New York and Variety Arabia in Dubai.
In broadcast media, he was also writer/producer for film/art TV shows on satellite channels broadcasting in the Middle East region including the weekly program Cinemascope airing on Dream TV. In the last few years, Awad has covered international festivals like Berlin, Cannes, Istanbul, Taormina, Rome, Dubai, Oran and Tribeca for both TV and printed media. He is member of FEPRESCI and FEDEORA associations of film critics and was jury member in Pula, Orenburg, Cinedays Macedonia, Verona, Kazan film festivals to name a few.