AMR GAMAL / THE BURDENED (AL MURHAQOON)
Amr is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2001, he received the president’s trophy in theater-script writing, becoming the youngest Yemeni to ever win the award. In 2005, Gamal established the Khaleej Aden Theatre Troupe, the first group to reactivate the theater scene since Yemen’s 1994 civil war. Between the years 2005-2014, Amr wrote and directed 10 theater productions. His play Ma’k Nazel became the first Yemeni production to be shown in Europe.
In 2018, production began on 10 Days Before the Wedding, his first feature. The film premiered in Aden, the first film to open commercially in Yemen in the last decade. it also became Yemen’s official submission to the Oscars.
His second film, The Burdened (2023), put Amr Gamal's name on the international cinema scene after becoming the first Yemeni film to ever be screened at the Berlin Film Festival. The film participated in a number of prestigious international film festivals and won many awards.
Amr is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2001, he received the president’s trophy in theater-script writing, becoming the youngest Yemeni to ever win the award. In 2005, Gamal established the Khaleej Aden Theatre Troupe, the first group to reactivate the theater scene since Yemen’s 1994 civil war. Between the years 2005-2014, Amr wrote and directed 10 theater productions. His play Ma’k Nazel became the first Yemeni production to be shown in Europe.
In 2018, production began on 10 Days Before the Wedding, his first feature. The film premiered in Aden, the first film to open commercially in Yemen in the last decade. it also became Yemen’s official submission to the Oscars.
His second film, The Burdened (2023), put Amr Gamal's name on the international cinema scene after becoming the first Yemeni film to ever be screened at the Berlin Film Festival. The film participated in a number of prestigious international film festivals and won many awards.
Amr is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2001, he received the president’s trophy in theater-script writing, becoming the youngest Yemeni to ever win the award. In 2005, Gamal established the Khaleej Aden Theatre Troupe, the first group to reactivate the theater scene since Yemen’s 1994 civil war. Between the years 2005-2014, Amr wrote and directed 10 theater productions. His play Ma’k Nazel became the first Yemeni production to be shown in Europe.
In 2018, production began on 10 Days Before the Wedding, his first feature. The film premiered in Aden, the first film to open commercially in Yemen in the last decade. it also became Yemen’s official submission to the Oscars.
His second film, The Burdened (2023), put Amr Gamal's name on the international cinema scene after becoming the first Yemeni film to ever be screened at the Berlin Film Festival. The film participated in a number of prestigious international film festivals and won many awards.