11:29 AM Thursday, September 07, 2023
The pioneers of social networking circulated a video clip of the artist, Ahmed Ezz, in which he appears with his little dog.
And Ahmed Ezz appeared, in the video, petting the dog and joking with him, wearing summer clothes.
On the other hand, the Cairo International Film Festival announced that the artist, Ahmed Ezz, would be awarded the Faten Hamama Award for Excellence, during the activities of its 45th session, to be held from November 15-24, in appreciation of what he presented throughout his artistic career that began since the end of the nineties.
The artist, Hussein Fahmy, head of the Cairo Film Festival, commented on the honoring decision, in a press statement, saying: “The artist Ahmed Ezz will receive the Faten Hamama Award, as he is a distinguished artist who presented many good works, and we are interested in the Cairo Festival to encourage artists who have presented a lot to Egyptian cinema, We are happy to honor him and wish him success in what is to come.”
Ahmed Ezz said: “When the artist Hussein Fahmy spoke to me about my choice of honor from the Cairo Film Festival, I was very happy, because he is a great artist who loved what he presented to art, and he is a role model for me.
“Ezz” continued his speech, saying: “The news of the honor itself is a message that happened at the right time to encourage me for the next, because I see that I have not presented everything yet, and my relationship with the Cairo Festival began from my beginnings, as it is an opportunity to meet filmmakers and a very important event that gives value to the artist as well as the industry.” cinema, and I hope that my honor will be the beginning of presenting everything that is best.”
The statement reviewed Ezz’s career: The artist, Ahmed Ezz, studied English at the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University, then worked in the hotel field, after which he moved to fashion shows, and his interest in cinema began at a later stage, as his roles began to attract attention in films such as “Honor” by the director. Sherif Shaaban, and “Kalam El Layl” directed by Enas El Degheidy.
The real beginning came through the movie “Teenage Diaries” directed by Enas Al-Degheidy in 2001, and it sparked strong waves of controversy at the time of its presentation, but on the other hand, it guaranteed “Ezz” the appearance he needed to make his way after that through a number of successful works, and in 2004 He presented 4 cinematic films, the most important of which is “Love for Girls” by director Khaled Al-Hajar, and for his role in it he won the award for Best Actor in a Second Role from the Tenth National Festival of Egyptian Cinema, as well as “First Year of Monument” with director Kamela Abu Zekri, and “Day of Dignity” with director Ali Abd Elkhalek.
And Ahmed Ezz embarked on the absolute starring roles, and he presented the movie “My Angel of Alexandria” in 2005 with director Sandra Nashat, which marked the beginning of a stage of cooperation in several films, including “The Hostage” in 2006, “Transit Imprisoned” in 2008, and the movie “The Ghost” with Director Amr Arafa, and he won the best actor award for the year 2007 for his role, and he also presented the movie “Badal Faked” with director Ahmed Alaa El Deeb in 2009.
In 2011, Ezz presented the movie “365 Days of Happiness” with the Lebanese director Saeed Al-Marouk in his first cinematic experience, and in 2012 he presented two films together: “The Interest” with director Sandra Nashat, which was a return to their cooperation after 5 years, and “Dream Aziz”. In which he returned to work with director Amr Arafa again, while in 2015 he presented the movie “The Party” with director Ahmed Alaa El Deeb.
He presented 3 works with director Tariq Al-Arian, which is the movie “Welad Rizk” in 2015 and the second part of it in 2019. In 2017, he presented the movie “The Cell”, and for his role in it he won the Best Actor award at the Arab Film Awards “Oscar” for the year 2018.
At the beginning of 2019, he presented the movie “The Corridor” about the heroics of the War of Attrition, which is his first collaboration with the great director Sherif Arafa, and in 2021, he presented the movie “Al-Aref” with Ahmed Alaa El-Deeb, and he returned to cooperate again with “Arafa” through the movie “ Crime” in 2022, and in the same year he presented the movie “Kira Wal Jinn” with director Marwan Hamed, in their first collaboration.
From 2019 to this day, the artist Ahmed Ezz presented 5 films in Egyptian cinema, through which he collected 385 million pounds, which is a record for the films “The Corridor”, “Wlad Rizk 2”, “Al-Arif”, “The Crime” and finally “Kira Wal Jinn”.
The Cairo International Film Festival is the oldest and most regular festival in the Arab world and Africa, and is unique in that it is the only festival in the Arab and African region registered under category A of the International Federation of Producers in Brasilis, France, FIAPF.
