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Mohamed Ghazala. Ph.D

CEO

  • Mohamed Ghazala is an associate professor of animation at Minia University in Egypt and chair of the school of Cinematic Arts at Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is also the Vice President of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA, and the founder of ASIFA Egypt, its first chapter in Africa and in the Arab world.
  • He served as a jury member of a number of international animation festivals such as: Annecy (2021 France) Zagreb (2023 Croatia) Stuttgart (2011 Germany), Castelli Animati ( 2009 Italy), Manchester (2023 UK) SICAF (2013 Korea), Animanima (2009 Serbia), AnimaAfrik (2009 Ghana), ReAnimania (2010 Armenia), Animae Caribe (2007 Trinidad & Tobago), AnimaBasauri (2008 Spain), CICDAF (2010 China), Chilemonos (2012 Chile), Zanzibar (2019 Tanzania) and Anima Córdoba (2021 Argentina).
  • Additionally, Ghazala has been a visiting lecturer at several fine arts & film institutes amongst which are: Jilin animation institute (China), Cologne’s Academy of Media Arts (KHM- Germany), NAFTI (Ghana), Durban Art & Animation center (South Africa), and Antioquia University (Colombia).

  • As an animator and filmmaker, Ghazala directed and co-directed a list of awarded films that includes, but not limited to, “Carnival” (2001), “Crazy Works” (2002), “HM HM” (2005),”Sayari Yetu” (2006), including the first Yemen’s animated film “Salma” in (2006). Significantly, his film “Honyan’s Shoe” (2009) won the Animation Prize at The African Movie Academy Awards (The African Oscar AMAA) in Lagos/Nigeria 2010. Recently, his film “The Pyramid” was nominated to the same prize 2021.

  • He gave a number of workshops on animation in different countries and acted as a film consultant for several international festivals. In 2011, he published his first book under the title “Animation in the Arab World” (Lambert AP. Germany). His second book with title “Animation in Africa” which 1st edition was published 2013, and 2nd edition in 2021.
  • Ghazala mainly concentrates on making independent experimental animated films as a part of personal work or as a part of workshops (e.g. Greece, Tunisia, Capo Verde, Comoros) and art residencies (e.g. UNESCO-ASCHBERG’s to Colombia, UNESCO’s Africa Animated to Kenya, Pro Helvetia’s to Switzerland ).

  • Ghazala directed and co-directed many awarded films, such as “Carnival” (2001), “Crazy Works” (2002), “HM HM” (2005),”Sayari Yetu” (2006), including the first Yemen’s animated film “Salma” in 2006, and “Honyan’s Shoe” (2009) which won the Animation Prize at The African Movie Academy Awards (The African Oscar AMAA) in Lagos/Nigeria 2010.

  • He gave a number of workshops on animation in different countries and acted as a film consultant for several international festivals. In 2011, he published his first book under the title “Animation in the Arab World” (Lambert AP. Germany). His second book with title “Animation in Africa” which published in Egypt 2013.

  • Ghazala mainly concentrates in making independent experimental animated films on his own or in the course of workshops (e.g. Greece, Tunisia, Capo Verde) or art residencies (e.g. UNESCO-ASCHBERG’s to Colombia, UNESCO’s Africa Animated to Kenya).