The young director Sandra Nashat is wrapping up her third film Haramiyya KG 2 (KG 2 Thiefs) along with the screenwriter Bilal Fadhel and stars Hanan Tork, Karim Abdel Aziz, Maged al Karawani and Mohammed Ragab.
“It is simple and beautiful like my other films. It is about innocence and how a child is raised and the elements that affect him when he gets bigger. The film reiterates that a human being if spurred to be delinquent, quickly returns to the environment he is raised in,” Nashat told the UAE daily al Bayan.
In contrast with young directors of her age who bet on elite’s approach, Sandra Nashat offers a simple, innocent and spontaneous cinematic vision. “When I directed my short film Akher Shita (Last Winter), critics admired it but some of them were angry with my first narrative film Mabrouk Wa Bulbol because I tackled simplicity and ideas that are considered by some as obsolete. Had I seen Mabrouk Wa Bulbol four years before it was screened and viewed it from my own perspectives at that time, I could have blasted it as they did. In general there are no fixed standards for what films should tackle or the ways for approaching such issues. Perhaps I am more mature now; I am pleased with my debut in Mabrouk Wa Bulbol and my career course later on and my splendid ongoing interaction with the audience at all levels,” said the Egyptian director.
Sandra’s debut in the cinema was exciting as the theme of her first film Mabrouk Wa Bulbol was modern but of a classical style. “The film’s script aimed at that but I deliberately directed it in a cool and simple story style. Telling a story doesn’t need much sophistication and when I shot the film I meant to offer a clean movie hoping the audience would imitate it. This is exactly like the songs of Umm Kulthoum and Abdel Halim Hafez which made us feel love stories without experiencing them. I want to present a real situation and depict a beautiful image for my country like the song of Mohammed Fuad Fakrak Ya Nasini which was shot at al Hussein Neighborhood and fortress. This musical video depicted a beautiful Egyptian vision, which I prefer in contrast with the new school of reality which has offered a lot. I think both styles enrich the cinema industry,” the young director said -- Albawaba.com
