Adolf El Assal

Adolf El Assal

Biography

Born in Alexandria (Egypt), Adolf El Assal has spent most of his childhood between the UAE, UK and Luxembourg. His first feature film DIVIZIONZ from 2008, which was about young people in the Ugandan capital Kampala, was the result of a collective production process, created by a team called ‘Yes! That’s us’. The film was shown at over 100 festivals, and it also brought Adolf El Assal to the Cologne Africa Film Festival for the first time. In 2011, he directed the short films LA FAMEUSE ROUTE and MANO DE DIOS, and in 2014, he completed his first feature directorial effort LES GARS. This was followed by another feature film, SAWAH in 2019, which won him 20 awards. Adolf El Assal is one of the Berlinale Talents, was recently accepted into the prestigious European Film Academy, and is currently working on the artistic design of the Luxembourg pavilion for Expo 2020 in Dubai, among other film projects.