Omar Abo is an Egyptian filmmaker & multi-disciplinary artist based in berlin, germany.

He grew attached to the art of film and image-making during his Architectural engineering studies at the American University in Cairo. in the meantime, Omar creates his own experimental, narrative, and documentary films that probe into various elements of today’s tech-driven world, identity, & the digital mania.

And to fully consume his interest in film & image, Omar provides video art, editing, and photography services to projects that excite his artistic psyche.

Education

2020 - 2023 Film & Motion Design. University of Europe for Applied Sciences. 

2007 - 2012 Architectural Engineering, The American University in Cairo.

​Awards 

2012 - The 48 Hour Film Project Cairo. Audience Award for Best Film.

2014 - The 48 Hour Film Project Cairo. ​1st Runner up Film - Best Editing - Best use of genre.

Screenings & Festivals

Institut du Monde Arabe: La nuit Habibi, les Révolutions de l’amour 2022, France / Soura Film Festival 2022, Germany. (Official Selection) / Visions Cairo Short Film Festival 2021, Egypt. (Official Competition) / Cima Deca Short Film Festival 2021, Egypt. (Official Selection) / Unified Filmmakers Online Media Library 2021, Germany. (Screening) / Tirana International Film Festival 2021, Albania. (Official Competition) / Cairo Video Festival 2021, Egypt. (Official Selection) / Blink Film Festival 2021, Lebanon. (Official Selection) / Soura Film Festival 2020, Germany. (Official Selection) / Haus of Raw 2020, Germany. (Screening) /

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