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Kawthar Younis

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
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Kawthar Younis is a filmmaker, based in Cairo, with fourteen years of experience in the film industry. Her latest short film Sahbety / My Girl Friend (2022) premiered at Venice International Film Festival, making it the first Egyptian short film to compete at Venice. It's currently touring and winning several awards. She is also known for her film "A Present from the Past'', which was the first of its kind to set a record for audience demand in the Egyptian market. Kawthar is a co-founder of the inaugural Rawiyat-Sisters in Film. She currently works as a producer for feature, short films , TV commercials and mini series
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Sahbety (2022)
    Sahbety
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2022
    Kawthar Younis and Mokhtar Younis in A Present from the Past: 20 September (2016)
    A Present from the Past: 20 September
    8.4
    • Director
    • 2016
    About Separation (2020)
    About Separation
    Short
    • Director
    • 2020
    Spring Came on Laughing (2024)
    Spring Came on Laughing
    7.9
    • Producer
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Director

    • Naser Al Dosary and Farah Alsarraf in Wainak Min Zaman (2025)
      Wainak Min Zaman
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • director
      • 2025–2026
    • Huda El Mufti, Mohamed Lotfy, Donia Sami, Rahma Ahmed Farag, Khaled Mokhtar, Entsar, Mahmoud Yousry, and Enaam Salousa in 80 Bako (2025)
      80 Bako
      7.1
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Laila Eloui and Shereen Reda in Maqsoom (2024)
      Maqsoom
      5.9
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Sahbety (2022)
      Sahbety
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • About Separation (2020)
      About Separation
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2020
    • Kawthar Younis and Mokhtar Younis in A Present from the Past: 20 September (2016)
      A Present from the Past: 20 September
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2016

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Khorfakkan (2020)
      Khorfakkan
      6.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (2016)
      Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces
      5.5
      • action scriptwriter (as Kawthar Yunus)
      • 2016
    • Febrayer Al Eswed (2013)
      Febrayer Al Eswed
      7.2
      • assistant director
      • 2013
    • Hilm Aziz (2012)
      Hilm Aziz
      5.3
      • second second assistant director
      • 2012

    Producer

    • Spring Came on Laughing (2024)
      Spring Came on Laughing
      7.9
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Mama (2022)
      Mama
      6.7
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Other Cheek
      Short
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Kawthar Younis and Mokhtar Younis in A Present from the Past: 20 September (2016)
      A Present from the Past: 20 September
      8.4
      • producer
      • 2016

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Kawthar Yunus
    • Born
      • 1993
      • Egypt
    • Spouse
      • Khaled Marei? - present
    • Parents
      • Mokhtar Younis
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      • 3 Articles
      • 1 Pictorial

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