TWO FILMS PRODUCED BY ADOLF EL ASSAL COMPETE AT THE LUXEMBOURG CITY FILM FESTIVAL
Through his production company Wady Films, director/producer Adolf El Assal takes part in the Luxembourg City Film Festival with two films; Fair and Arman & Elisa. The two films are landing their world premiere at the film festival which will be held from 2 to 12 March, 2023.
Fair tells the story of the fifteen-year-old Amara who claims to have been assaulted at a party but is opposed by a vicious dynamic which claims she is not a victim at all. The events of Arman & Elisa follow a boy who moves to Luxembourg with his family and is confronted with the difficulties of being an immigrant child. On his first day of school, he meets the Luxembourgish girl. Using food, music, language and their inherent curiosity to their advantage, the two children grow beyond the language barrier and form a true friendship.
Additionally, Adolf El Assal’s film PAMFIR screened within the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). PAMFIR received five awards at the Kinokolo Awards in Ukraine and the Best Film Award within the International Critics’ Week Competition at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
Adolf El Assal was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but his early life was between the UAE, UK, France, and Luxembourg. In 2008, El Assal received his Bachelor degree in Media and Cultural Studies at Kingston University in the UK. In 2011, he directed the award-winning short film LA FAMEUSE ROUTE, which took part in more than 20 film festivals around the world and received five awards. His short film MANO DE DIOS received two awards within its world tour in film festivals. In 2012, he produced and directed his first feature film LES FAMEUX GARS, which he successfully distributed in the French-speaking countries. El Assal’s second feature film SAWAH had a very solid international film festival run with over 100 festival selections, reaping 34 awards. Adolf El Assal has directed five episodes of the Belgian comedy series BARAKI that was aired in 2021 and upcoming feature film HOOPED is slated for 2023.
Adolf El Assal is also a Berlinale Talents as well as an EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneur) and Screen Leaders Alumni. Adolf is a European Film Academy member and he worked on the creative part of the Luxembourg pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai.
