MAGGIE KAMAL


FILM: MICROBUS

FICTION


BIO


Maggie Kamal is an Egyptian American filmmaker based in NYC. Maggie holds a BA degree in Media & Communication and a master’s degree in film. There is a strong sense of realism that can be felt in Maggie’s work. Concerned with truth and human nature her films evoke feelings of uneasiness and self-reflect.

Her short film KOSHARY won Best Director at the Impro Film Festival at the IFC center. I SEE YOU & THE IMMIGRANTS; two of her short films have been an official selection at a few film festivals such as the Rooftop Films Summer Series, Lift Off Global Network Film Festival in their first-time filmmaker session and at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival.

In 2019, Maggie won the Ostrovsky Family Fund Award in honor of Chantal Akerman for her screenplay thesis film MICROBUS.
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10503406/

FILM SYNOPSIS


On just another regular day in Cairo, Egypt, 18-year-old Nour gets a call from her brother that he will no longer be able to pick her up. To avoid being late to work, Nour has to take a microbus, not knowing that this trip will forever leave her changed.

CREDITS


Writer/Director: Maggie Kamal
Producers: Ahmed El Khashab, Maggie Kamal
Director of Photography: Kamal Samir
1st AC: Ali
Sound Designers: CCNY’s Sonic Arts Center
Editors: FilmLab, Mohamed Abouhamed, Nihal Farouk, Sandy Ismail


CAST

Dalia Shawky as Nour
Mohamed Abu Dahab as driver


MICROBUS

2020 FILMS


  • Sky Colored Grass
  • The Saltiest Chips
  • Las Quitapenas
  • OFF BOOK
  • Mokshyam
  • A Little Holiday
  • It Happened In August
  • Hard of Hearing
  • Find Me at the Dinner Table
  • The Crossbow
  • Urpi
  • Pink Yellow
  • Good Health
  • Transparensea
  • Yesterday, I Dreamt About
  • Claiming Edge
  • Forever Twins
  • A Basket of Love
  • Singing in the Lifeboat
  • Bodega Nights
  • Dear Audrey Still
  • El Chuzalongo Still
  • Marcel the Muscle Man Still
  • Couscous, Hand-Rolled, With Olives Still
  • The Monk and The Rebel Still
  • Cuanacaquilitl Still
  • Ava Still
  • Forever Twins Still
  • A Coalfield Christmas still
  • The (Other) 700 Club
  • The Baton
  • Bastards still photo
  • Film: The Wealthiest Man in the World
  • Film: One Day
  • Who Was Lee Edwards?
  • Film: Right to Exit
  • Film: The 2020 Unmasked
  • Film: Burial
  • Film: The Coolest Club
  • Film: Love Me, Love Me Not
  • To Drown
  • Film: The Backpack
  • Film: Pasaj
  • Film: Breathe
  • I'm Home
  • Film: Amend
  • One Last Deal
  • Film: The Blue Cave
  • A Month of Sitting In
  • Microbus
  • Remember Who We Are
  • Last Summer on Bainbridge Street
  • We Talkin' Practice
  • Who's on Your List
  • The Vow
  • Whales Don't Come Here Anymore
  • Film: I Am Yours
  • Ni Aquí/Ni Allá
  • Film: Dry Rain
  • Film: A Way Back Home
  • Come Find Me
  • Don't Lose the Lesson
  • Film: It's Worth It