The Fifth Resurrection of Farid
Qumra Projects
Khalid Youssef / Feature Experimental or Essay / Egypt, Qatar
In Arabic, English
Interests: History, Immigration, Based on a True Story, Identity, Docufiction, Creative Documentary
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. An old man comes across an odd collection of film reels, vinyl records, and VHS tapes hidden in the confines of his basement. He quickly discovers that they embody the strange story of a largely forgotten renaissance man from the 1920s and 30s with a funny name: Farid Semeka.
About the Director
Born in Cairo in 1978, Khalid Youssef is a filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, and actor. After finishing university studies in Egypt, he travelled to study filmmaking, theatre, and photography in Madrid, for well over a decade. He finished his first film, ‘Zero in Conduct’, in 2007, and it travelled to various film festivals, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He also shot, produced, directed, edited, and wrote the feature-length film ‘Overground’ (2015), in addition to 10 other short films. Among them is ‘1995’, which was selected for five festivals, among them the Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival.
Credits
- Director
- Khalid Youssef
- Screenwriter
- Khalid Youssef
- Producer
- Khalid Youssef