Yasser Shafiey

Biography

Yasser graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in 2006 and began his career as a jewelry designer. He later shifted his focus to cinema, studying at the Academy of Arts in Cairo and then at the Jesuit Cinema School.

He has written and directed three short fiction films, which have participated in numerous international film festivals. Yasser has also worked as a film producer on several projects.

His short film The Dream of a Scene won a special prize for its script at the "Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina" in 2015.

His film Intense Practice to Improve Performance participated in the Cairo International Film Festival in 2018 and won multiple awards at festivals aro...