
Wael Omar Attends the World Premiere of The Dream of Shahrazad at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Middle west Films’ Latest Production that Juxtaposes a Symphonic Piece with Political Changes in the Arab World
Wael Omar Attends the World Premiere of The Dream of Shahrazad at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Producer Wael Omar travels to Netherlands to attend the World Premiere of the documentary The Dream of Shahrazad by Francois Verster at the 27th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
The film explores aspects of artistic creativity in Egypt and Turkey amid the cyclones of change before, during and after the Arab Spring in the face of social and political oppression.
The Dream of Shahrazad will have 6 screenings within the festival which kicks off on Sunday, November 23rd, 2014, with the attendance of Co-producer Wael Omar of Middle West Films.
On his experience as a co-producer in this documentary, Omar stated, “I did not want to produce a film on the revolution unless I experience it and totally grasp the essence of it. In the Dream of Shahrazad, I actually lived it!”
Produced by Verster in collaboration with Wael Omar of Middle west Films; Shameela Seedat of Undercurrent Film and Television; Neil Brandt of Fireworx Media, the film was also co-produced by Fleur Knopperts and Denis Vaslin of Volya Films (Netherlands); Lucas Rosant ofMelia Films (France); Serene Huleileh and Reem Abu Kishek of the Hakaya Regional Network (Jordan).
Founded in 2008, Middle West Films is an Egyptian production company with works expanding to include a number of significant films in recent years such as Mohamed Khan's Factory Girl, Ayten Amin's Villa 69, the feature-length documentary In Search of Oil and Sand for Wael Omar and Philippe Dib, and the documentary Les Petits Chats for director Sherif Nakhla.