Marwa Zein
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Producer
An International Nubian Award Winning Film Director, Script Writer, Camera-person and Producer for her acclaimed debut 'Khartoum Offside' and acclaimed short fiction films 'A game' and 'One week, Two days'.
Currently developing her feature fiction film ' Lily's Mecca'. which is awarded for development grant from the prestigious Göteborg Film Festival 2021 and RED SEA Film Fund 2022, AFAC 2023
Marwa's films have premiered in Berlinale, Toronto, CPH DOX, Sheffield, Visions du reel, BOZAR, JCC and IDFA amongst others.
"Khartoum Offside" received the15th Africa Movie Academy Award for best film (AMAA).Best first work by TV5 Monde, among more than 35 national and international awards. Since her first short fiction film A GAME, her films has been translated into more than 4 languages and distributed around the globe.
Previous positions include Curator for Goethe Institute Berlin, Jury Member at CPH DOX, A correspondent in South Sudan, Jury member at DOX BOX Berlin, Film programmer at Sudan independent film festival, Festival Director at SHNIT international film festival Cairo edition.
Marwa studied Chemical Engineering for few years, then obtained her BA in Film Directing in Academy of Arts in Cairo, Egypt. Studied New Film Teaching Techniques in Danish National Film School in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2021 Obtained her MA in Film and Media Arts in Kunsthochschule Für Medien -KHM - Köln, Germany.
Since 2021, she works as a Film Lecturer in SRH -Berlin University of Applied Sciences. and since 2023, she works as a Film Lecturer in Catalyst -institute for Creative Arts & Technology- which is partnered with Plymouth Marjon University UK in Berlin.
Currently developing her feature fiction film ' Lily's Mecca'. which is awarded for development grant from the prestigious Göteborg Film Festival 2021 and RED SEA Film Fund 2022, AFAC 2023
Marwa's films have premiered in Berlinale, Toronto, CPH DOX, Sheffield, Visions du reel, BOZAR, JCC and IDFA amongst others.
"Khartoum Offside" received the15th Africa Movie Academy Award for best film (AMAA).Best first work by TV5 Monde, among more than 35 national and international awards. Since her first short fiction film A GAME, her films has been translated into more than 4 languages and distributed around the globe.
Previous positions include Curator for Goethe Institute Berlin, Jury Member at CPH DOX, A correspondent in South Sudan, Jury member at DOX BOX Berlin, Film programmer at Sudan independent film festival, Festival Director at SHNIT international film festival Cairo edition.
Marwa studied Chemical Engineering for few years, then obtained her BA in Film Directing in Academy of Arts in Cairo, Egypt. Studied New Film Teaching Techniques in Danish National Film School in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2021 Obtained her MA in Film and Media Arts in Kunsthochschule Für Medien -KHM - Köln, Germany.
Since 2021, she works as a Film Lecturer in SRH -Berlin University of Applied Sciences. and since 2023, she works as a Film Lecturer in Catalyst -institute for Creative Arts & Technology- which is partnered with Plymouth Marjon University UK in Berlin.
