Abdellatif Abdelhamid

Syrian film director (1954–2024)

Abdellatif Abdelhamid
عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد
Abdelhamid in 2017
Born	(1954-01-05)5 January 1954 Homs, Syria
Died	15 May 2024(2024-05-15) (aged 70)
Years active	1981–2024
Awards	Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival - Critics Award 1993 Rasael Shafahiyyah Muscat Film Festival - Best Director 2001 Qamaran wa Zaytouna Singapore International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize 2007 Kharej al-Taghtiya

Abdellatif Abdelhamid (Arabic: عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, 5 January 1954 – 15 May 2024) was a Syrian film director.^[1] His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival,^[2] and Rabat International Film Festival.

Abdelhamid studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.^[1] He died on 15 May 2024, at the age of 70.^[3]

Filmography

Umniyat (Wishes, 1983) (Documentary).
Aydina (Our Hands, 1982) (Documentary).
Layali Ibn Awa, (Nights of the Jackals, 1989).
Rasael Shafahiyyah (Verbal Letters, 1991).
Suoud al-Matar (The Rise of Rain, 1994).
Nassim al-Roh (Soul Breeze, 1998).
Qamaran wa Zaytouna (Two Moons and an Olive, 2001).
Ma Yatlubuhu al-Musstamiun (At Our Listeners' Request, 2003).
Kharej al-Taghtiya (Out of Coverage, 2007).
September's Rain(2011)

References

^ ^a ^b Armes, Roy (2018). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. pp. 13, 16. ISBN 9780253031730.
^ Marineau, Jean-Claude (1997). "Impressions d'Afrique — récit de voyage cinématographique". Ciné-Bulles. 15 (4): 32–35.
^ "وفاة المخرج السينمائي السوري عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد عن 70 عاماً". Al-Quds Al-Arabi. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.