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HALF A LIFE / نصفُ حياة

After a traumatic encounter, a young, gay Egyptian joins the LGBT rights movement. When his safety is jeopardized, he must choose whether to stay in the country he loves or seek asylum elsewhere as a refugee. HALF A LIFE is a timely story of activism and hope, set in the increasingly dangerous, oppressive, and unstable social climate of Egypt today.

  • Tamara Shogaolu
    Director
    WARIA STREETS, DIAN, AWAS: KARMA IS REAL
  • Tamara Shogaolu
    Producer
    WARIA STREETS, DIAN, AWAS: KARMA IS REAL
  • Mohammed Abd Elhadi (Illustrator)
    Animation & Illustration
  • Hafid Fachrudin (Animator/Illustrator)
    Animation & Illustration
  • Gata Guruh Mahardika (Animator/Illustrator)
    Animation & Illustration
  • Bramasta Dwi Saka (Lead Animator/Illustrator)
    Animation & Illustration
  • Joe Namy
    Music
  • Tamara Shogalu
    Editors
  • Fred Guerrier
    Editors
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Egypt, Human Rights, LGBT
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Egypt
  • Language:
    Arabic, English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 2017 Documentary Fortnight
    New York, NY
    United States
    February 23, 2017
    New York Premiere
  • Festival Film Dokumenter
    Yogyakarta
    Indonesia
    December 9, 2016
  • Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
    Yogyakarta
    Indonesia
    November 29, 2016
  • Annecy International Animated Film Festival
    Annecy
    France
    June 13, 2017
  • Sheffield Doc/Fest
    Sheffield
    United Kingdom
    June 11, 2017
    World Premiere
  • Frameline Film Festival
    San Francisco
    United States
    June 20, 2017
  • Outfest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    July 10, 2017
Director Biography - Tamara Shogaolu

Tamara Shogaolu's work has been featured at film festivals internationally. She holds an MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where she was a Burton Lewis Endowed Scholar for Directing. Her most recent animated short, HALF A LIFE, premiered at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in February 2017. Tamara has been a Fulbright fellow in Egypt and a Luce Scholar in Indonesia. She is currently based in Amsterdam, where she is working on HALF A LIFE (VR).

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