ABOUT ME

Born in Cairo, Sherif Awad is an art/film/video curator who worked as a programmer and communications manager since 1993 in Cairo International Film Festival, Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries and Luxor African Film Festival in Egypt.
Between 1993 and 2000, Awad worked as Marketing Manager in the Egyptian regional offices of Fox/Warner and UIP. In the last few years, he curated Arab and foreign film/video programs in several European countries including Italy, Sweden and Ireland as well as in the Egyptian Contemporary Art Gallery Darb 1718. In addition to his contribution to several specialized publications, he was Chief Editor of both The Ticket Entertainment Magazine and the art journal Contemporary Practices. He is currently holding the position of the Film/Art Editor of Egypt Today Magazine, the leading English published monthly magazine in Egypt. Awad also contributes to Westchester Guardian in New York and Variety Arabia in Dubai.
In broadcast media, he is also writer/producer for film/art TV shows on satellite channels broadcasting in the Middle East region including the weekly program Cinemascope airing on Dream TV. In the last few years, Awad has covered international festivals like Berlin, Cannes, Istanbul, Taormina, Rome, Dubai, Oran and Tribeca for both TV and printed media. He is member of FEPRESCI and FEDEORA associations of film critics and was jury member in Pula, Orenburg, Cinedays Macedonia festivals to name a few.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To visit film festivals

Interests

Cinema, Music, Arts

• arts
• writing
• contemporary art
• festivals
• movies
• tv
• music
• communications
• software

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cannes Festival

Countries I’ve Visited

France

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Egypt, United States