Morsy competes for International Award of ADF Festival of Cinematography

CAIRO - 28 October 2019: DOP Ahmad al-Morsy will compete with his work in the feature film “The Originals” in the International Competition for Feature Films at the fifth ADF Festival of Cinematography in Argentina.

The festival is solely dedicated to celebrating the work of directors of photography and cinematographers.

"The Originals," which was released 2 years ago and screened at many film festivals, won Morsy five national and international awards, including the Gold Award in the Features – Cinema category, Ross Wood Senior ACS Judges Award for Best Entry, and the Award of Distinction at the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), in addition to the Best Cinematography award at the 33rd Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, and the Best Cinematography award at the Egyptian National Film Festival.

Recently, Morsy has been selected to become an accredited member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), by which he is now eligible to add the association's acronym C.S.C. or CSC to his own name. Last year, Morsy became a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society.

Throughout his career, Morsy made more than 50 films, and won 15 awards for his work, including "Messages From The Sea" (2010), "The Party" (2013), "The Blue Elephant" (2014), "The Originals" (2017), "Diamond Dust" (2018), and "Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers", which is currently in theaters. "Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers" has made more than LE 102 million in the Egyptian box office so far, becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Egyptian cinema.

Morsy is currently shooting the film "Al Aref: Awdat Younis" by director Ahmad Alaa al-Deeb, and he is preparing for "Kira & El Gen" by Marwan Hamed, marking their fifth collaboration.