Sherif Arafa

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian director, producer and producer. He was born on 25 December 1960 and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. He is the son of director Saad Arafa and the eldest brother of Amr Arafa. Sherif Arafa has produced many important films in the history of Egyptian cinema, such as the Birds of Darkness, the Spectator, Mafia and Halim. He has worked with top stars since his artistic beginnings such as Suad Hosni, Ahmed Zaki and Adel Azzam. He has also discovered and introduced many well-known young actors such as Alaa Wali El Din, Mohamed Henedy, Mona Zaki, Mohamed Saad, Noor, Ahmed Hilmi, Haytham Ahmed Zaki and many others. He has also produced many film and television works such as Halim, Tamer, Shouqia, Critical Moments and People's Program. I am doing so through his production company Partner Pro. He also directed several television commercials for well-known products such as Pepsi and Chipsy. Sherif Arafa entered the world of television production strongly in 2006 by producing three works: Tamer and Shouqia series, critical moments and the People and I program, which was co-produced by other producers from Egypt and the United States.

Works

Playing with the Kids

Within a comedy framework, the work revolves around a history teacher (Allam), who is transferred to a school in a desert area. He faces many obstacles that were not expected.

Release Date:2024-06-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Crime

Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.

Release Date:2022-01-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:13

The Humans and the Mongoose

The story follows a poor government employee who lands in a lot of trouble because of his father's profession, while he falls for a girl who tries to help him solve his problems.

Release Date:2021-08-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:13

The Treasure : Love & Destiny

A sequel to The Treasure (Part 1) - Reality & Fantasy (2017) The movie resumes with the stories of Hatsheput in the Pharaonic era, Ali al-Zaibaq during the Ottoman era and Beshr al-Katatini, head of State Security Investigations Service, who faces new challenges in work and love, whilst pointing his son, Hassan, towards a treasure through his recorded will.

Release Date:2019-08-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:19

The Passage

A platoon of Commandos’ soldiers, lead by a fearless commander, Nour, and their journey through heroic battles from The Six Days War to the commencement of The Attrition War.

Release Date:2019-06-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:20

The Crew

A documentary that investigates the meticulous process of film-making in all the three phases of production, told from the perspectives of Egyptian film-makers, celebrities, and other contributors to the film industry.

Release Date:2018-04-26

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

The Treasure: Truth & Imagination

The events revolve around three eras: the Pharaonic era, the Mamluk era, and the first half of the 20th century. The events revolve around corruption and the power of some clerics over the ages to power and false and bad dealings with the people, and how to involve religion in politics in order to obtain positions. That there are clerics deliberately coloring and counterfeiting in this period of time to be the strongest and maintain their positions.

Release Date:2017-08-31

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:31

The Island 2

Following the events of the first part, Mansour Al-Hefni escapes from prison and reunites with his son Ali and brother to return to the island to recover what they have lost. Mansour must stand against his old love Karima while the leader of the travelers tribe Sheikh Jaafar enters the conflict for rulership

Release Date:2014-10-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:23

X-Large

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin

Release Date:2011-11-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:45

18 Days

10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.

Release Date:2011-09-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:18

Escaping Tel Aviv

Salwa is living her worst nightmare when she wakes up to find herself in Israel, kidnapped by her husband whom she later learns is a Mossad officer. An Egyptian officer is recruited by the General Intelligence Directorate to save her and her children.

Release Date:2009-11-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:38

The Island

Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.

Release Date:2007-12-18

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:33

Critical Moments

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Release Date:2007-02-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:94

Vote Count:1

Tamer & Shawkeya

Release Date:2006-09-23

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:120

Vote Count:5

Halim

The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.

Release Date:2006-07-12

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:5

The Great Fava Beans of China

Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles

Release Date:2004-08-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:32

Mafia

After his expulsion from the Military Academy, Hussain gets involved in mafia crimes abroad. Upon being deported to an Egyptian prison, and in order to give him a second chance to live a well meaning life, the Egyptian Intelligence Agency assign him with a secret mission. Hussain reluctantly accepts extensive bio-psychological training with a unique patriotic team who revive his love for his country.

Release Date:2002-07-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:17

Son of Wealth

Farid Ezz El-Din, is a wealthy spoiled young man. After his father flees the country and smuggles all his money, he is forced to manage all his business. Farid is arrested on charges of fraud but before he was tried, he escapes with the help of his housekeeper, Kazem.

Release Date:2001-07-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

The Headmaster

Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?

Release Date:2000-07-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:30

Abboud on the Border

Abboud lives a reckless life with his two friends. He knows that he will not enter the army because he's an only child. But when his father marries another woman who gives birth to a boy, Abboud is forced to join the army in spite of being unfit, working at the border with his friends.

Release Date:1999-07-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:14

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes with the aristocratic society around her as love blossoms between her and the son of a famous businessman

Release Date:1998-11-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:

Vote Count:6

Sweet Oblivion

Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. He knows that the groom was impotent. Later he realizes that impotence is becoming an epidemic that spreads among all men. However, no one wants to declare that out of shame.

Release Date:1996-02-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:16

Angels do not inhabit earth

Sheikh Imran treats his son harshly to force him to pray, and contradictory thoughts are deposited in the son's head. He tries to repent, but he is torn between his desire to practice his normal life and his fear of committing sins.

Release Date:1995-10-23

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Birds of Darkness

Three lawyers, brought by friendship but separated by interests, Fathi Nofal, who turns from a committed lawyer to an opportunist, while Ali al-Zanati joins religious extremist groups to make financial gains , and the third Mohsen only works as a simple employee away from conflict.

Release Date:1995-08-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:17

The Forgotten

Yusuf Al-Mansi a worker in the railways. During his night shift and near his workplace, a millionaire named Asaad Yakout is hosting a big party to make a deal with a VIP and wants to have his secretary Ghada as condition to get the deal done. Yusuf Al-Mansi finds Ghada entering the booth and asks for his protection from the men her boss sent to bring her back to the party.

Release Date:1993-05-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:10

Al Zaeem

Zeinhom is a simple man who can’t hold down a job for too long, but there is a strong resemblance in looks between him and a dictator of his country. This resemblance is used to make a movie that portrays the evilness of this dictator. The real dictator dies and Zeinhom is then forced by the dictator’s government to pretend to be that same man in fear of a revolution against the tyrant.

Release Date:1993-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:13

Love In The Fridge

A middle class man struggling with life ,Finds an opportunity to freeze his body till better days come.

Release Date:1992-12-05

Vote Count:2

Terrorism and Kebab

Ahmed heads to Tahrir compound to extract papers to move his son to another school. There he clashes with the administrative obstacles. He suddenly finds himself involved in carrying a weapon and taking hostages at the government building and becomes a terrorist in the process.

Release Date:1992-06-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:29

Playing with Giants

When Hassan Bahlal, a young unemployed man, calls the National Security Agency to report a fire that is to break out in a factory the next day, a new chapter in Hassan's life begins as he tells the officer he has foreseen the incident in a dream.

Release Date:1991-06-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:13

Silence!

The married couple Hommos and Halawa perform their choreographic show in the street, to the amusement of a record label owner who records a song for them. When a famous singer called Ghandour steals their song, they embark on a journey to take revenge.

Release Date:1991-05-27

Department:Production

Job:Producer

O, Mehalabeya

(Shukri) Director and his friend (Marei) screenwriter, cooperate and struggle in front of all obstacles to make a film about (reproach) popular dancer during the British occupation, which has a sense of national duty, it helps guerrillas with money and information, and contribute to the assassination attempt on King Farouk.

Release Date:1991-03-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Third Class

A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits effortlessly. To calm their rage Sorour is appointed as their representative in the council only to unravel their scam further, so they continue their revolt.

Release Date:1988-07-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Return of a Citizen

Shaker returns from Doha after an absence of eight years hoping to resume his life in Cairo with his siblings Fawzia, Najwa, Ibrahim and Mahdi, after achieving them financial security. He's shocked by the social changes that happened while he was away that affected them,making them no longer need him.

Release Date:1986-10-13

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:6

Had Al-Saif

Release Date:1986-07-06

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

The Dwarfs Are Coming

Shehab the advertising director, makes a successful ad campaign for the opening of a disco, making many young people come to the disco, causing a huge fire. Shocked by the accident,he travels to Alexandria where he meets Chico the dwarf and helps him face a businessman who wants to take their land.

Release Date:1986-01-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Fingerprints On Water

A happily married couple with their daughter are being pursued by the ghost of the husband's sister, as she killed the family's dog and cat and continues to kill several family members in retaliation for a situation that happened to her before her death.

Release Date:1985-08-26

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Al muntaqimun

Ahmed is a boxing instructor at the university. He gets into a fight in defense of his father and goes to prison, where he becomes friends with Abbas. Abbas comes out of prison and finds Ahmed's beloved Souad, who escaped from her father's house, he keeps her safe till Ahmed gets out of prison.

Release Date:1985-06-18

Department:Directing

Job:First Assistant Director

Gone with No Return

Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with Kharyia (Leila Alawi) daughter of Kamal Bey (Farid Shawki) who bought his land.

Release Date:1984-04-08

Vote Count:9

Al Mawardi Cafe

Hassanein Abu Sunna is released from prison after committing a murder. He persuades Ghobasha to rent his furnished apartment to the rich Radwan as the journalist Ahmed documents the changes taking place in the neighborhood in his articles.

Release Date:1981-09-05

Department:Directing

Job:Co-Director

Critical moments

Department:Creator

Job:Creator