Abu Bakr Shawky is Releasing his New Film Hajjan Soon

Egyptian-Austrian writer and filmmaker Abu Bakr “A.B.” Shawky (Political Science ‘10), whose globally renowned film Yomeddine was selected to participate in the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, is now at work on another film, Hajjan. 

Yomeddine received the Francois Chalais Award and was Egypt’s official submission for the 91st Academy Awards. Shawky is known for his work on Things I Heard on Wednesdays (2012) and The Looming Tower (2018). Recently, Shawky won Variety’s MENA Talent of the Year Award at the El-Gouna Film Festival. In 2018, he was listed among the top five Arab directors on the global stage by Forbes Middle East.

Read Abu Bakr Shawky’s exclusive interview with Variety: 'Hajjan,' About a Boy and His Camel.