Coffin Decolleté

An Egyptian visual artist graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts - cartoon Animation Department -Helwan University in 2000. Her first short film Fried Dreams was awarded at Alexandria International Festival in 2007 and selected for Dubai International Film Festival in 2008. Then she made a number of reports and documentaries . Her second film, Coffin Décolleté world premiered in Rio de Janeiro Brazil - in June 2019, then it was officially selected at 87 festivals in 30 countries and won 10 awards in New York, Italy, Poland, Spain, India, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Turkey.

Official Selection:

1- Phábrika - Rio de janiro - Brazil / 7-8 June,2019
2- Goya Rural - Spain /19-20July,2019
3- 41st UNCIPAR, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL / Argentina / 41 editions / 17-19 August-,2019
4- The Tylerman Film Festival / Illinois / United States / August 25,2019
5- 9th FENACIES / Uruguay /2-8 September 2019
6- 6th Short Cup Film Festival 3- 7 September/ /São Paulo, Brazil,2019
7- the Corporation Festival de Cine e Infancia y Adolescencia/Bogotá – Colombia / 7-14 September,2019
8- 6th Mafici Festival / Patagonia - Argentina / 6-12 September 2019
9- 5th FAN Chile / Santiago, Chile / 9-14 September 2019
10- 5th Atlantic International Film Festival – Colombia – 11 September 2019
11- Short Sweet Illawarra / Gala Cinema / Australia 13 – 14 September 2019
12- Quibdo Africa Film Festival / Colombia / 18 September 2019
13- 10th Silicon Valley African Film / California – United States / 4 to 6 October 2019
14- Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck / France مهرجان الفيلم العربى بفاميك / / 2 to 13 October,2019
15- 8th Resistencia Film Fest / Chile / 3 to 6 October 2019
16- 35th Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival / 35 edition / 8 to 13 October 2019
17- المهرجان الدولى لفيلم المرأة بعيونهن Regards De Femmes 11 to 15 October / Tunisia,2019
18- 2nd Prospettive- Film che raccontano le culture/ Catania – Italy / 11 October,2019
19- The Short Film Festival at Kef/ 12 to 19 October / Kef Tunisia,2019
20- 6th Festival Gollut / Spain / 12 October to 3 November 2019
21- 13th Festival International de Cine de Pasto/ Colombia / 15 to 19 October 2019
22- 5th Goree Cinema Festival / 18 October / Senegal,2019
23- The Cutting Room International Short Film Festival NYC/New York / United States / 19 October,2019/2 awards
24- 8th Little México Film Festival (LiMe Film Fest) / 8th edition / 19 October 2019/ Chicago / United States
25- FESTIVAL CALIBÉLULA – shorts / Colombia / 22 to 26 October 2019
26- 6th Cine Tornado Festival / 22 to 27 October 2019 / Brazil / / 1st grade awarded experimental film
27- 3rd Director's Cut Int'l Film Festival / 27-28 October 2019 / Canada / Best short international film
28- 3rd WANDA / feminist and moving images / 31 October to 3 Nov. 2019 / United Kingdom
29- 18th Muestra Internacional De Cortometrajes Jujuy/cortos / Argentina / 20 -31 October,2019
30- Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival / 7 November 2019 / Beverly Hills / United States
31- 6th MINIDOC VI / November 8,2019 / Spain / 6th edition / BEST DOCUMENTARY "AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
32- 8th FRICINE / 8th edition / Rio de Janeiro / Brazil / 13 to 17 November 2019
33- 4th West Texas Film Festival / 4 years / 21 to 23 November 2019 / USA
34- 11th Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli / Italy / 20 to 30 November,2019
35- 5th Out of Africa International Film Festival / November 20 – 22,2019 / Nairobi – Kenya
36- Reels of the Dead / 22-24 November 2019 / Illinois – United States
37- Children’s Rights Festival /Beirut - Lebanon / 27 November 2019
38- Vierte Welle Festival / 1 December 2019/ Berlin- Germany
39- 2nd Diorama International Film Festival / 11-15 December 2019 / New Delhi – India- Award Winner
40- Elkods Film Festival / Philistine,2019
41- Malabo International Music and Film festival / Equatorial Guinea / December 14 – 15, 2019
42- 8th Hak Short Film Fest / 8, 2019 December / Turkey / 8 years
43- 4th Solidandoilm Festival / December 20 – 22, 2019 / Italy
44- John Abraham International Short Film Festival (JAISFF) / December 13 – 15, 2019 / India
45- Indogma Film Festival / December 5 – 7, 2019 / India
46- 9th IntimaLente Festival / December 20, 2019 / Italy
47- 4th Solidando Film Festival – Italy - December 20 – 22, 2019
48- The Midnight Film Festival / New York-United States / January 12 – 19, 2020
49- Under The Stars International Film Festival / Italy / January 22 – 24, 2020
50- 8th La Mida no Importa / Size Doesn´t Matter / 23-25 January / Barcelona, Spain
51- Les journées cinématographiques Elhamma Tunisia/ مهرجان الحامة الدولى – تونس February 2 – 5, 2020 /
52- 19th International Amateur Film Festival – Poland / 30 January 2020
53- صور السينمائي الدولي للأفلام القصيرة Trio Association / 15- 17 February 2020 / Lebanon
54- 9th El FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE PEHUAJÓ / Argentina / February 17 – 25, 2020
55- Simply Indie Film Fest / 20 – 22 February 2020 / United States
56- 3rd Kalaburagi International Short Film Festival / India/ February 29 – March 1, 2020
57- مهرجان البحرين السينمائي / Bahrain / March 2020/ Postponed
58- 3rd MUFEST - IV Festival de Cine feito por Mulleres / Spain / March 10 – 14, 2020/ Postponed
59- Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival مهرجان رؤى للفيلم المصرى القصير / / Cairo -11-19 March 2020 / online- COVID-19
60- 10th QWFF Queens World Film Festival / March 19 – 29, 2020/ United States/ online- COVID-19
61- OutlantaCon Short Film Festival / March 19 – 22, 2020 / Georgia -United States/ Postponed
62- 4th Through My Eyes / Los Angeles, United States/ March 20 – 22, 2020/ Postponed
63- Erato International film festival for human rights / Libya – Trebles / March 2020/ Postponed
64- 11th Trenton Film Festival / March 26 – 29, 2020 / Michigan - United States/ Postponed
65- 3rd First City Film Festival / 26-29 March 2020 / Kansas - United States/ Postponed
66- 15th The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival / April 1 – 8, 2020/ United States Postponed
67- African Women Arts & Film Festival (AWAFFEST) / April 2 – 4, 2020 / Tanzania/
68- 2nd Break Through: The Tulane Public Health & Social Justice Film Festival/ United States / April 3 – 5, 2020/ Postponed
69- 11th Festival International de Cinema Pathologic / Roma, Italy / April 23 – 26, 2020/ online- COVID-19
70- مهرجان الأورومتوسطي للأفلام القصيرة - Festival-euro Med Monitor / Lebanon / 22 June 2020
71- Ancient Way Film Festival / USA / April 26 – June 28
72- Diorama International Film Festival / New Delhi – India / May 2020
73- 1st GENERI camente UMANI / Italy / May 15, 2020
74- 9th The Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival (GIIFF) / California / United States/ 21-24 May 2020
75- 2nd Apulian Web Festival - Puglia, south Italy / 29 to 31 May 2020/ online- COVID-19
76- 23rd Flying Broom International Women Film Festival / Ankara, Turkey / May 7 – 14, 2020 /online- COVID-19
77- Yala International Independent Film Festival / June 12 – 15, 2021/ Nepal
78- 4th Sylhet Film Festival / Bangladesh/ June 17 – 19, 2020 / online- COVID-19
79- 9th Tracce cinematografiche Film Fest / Roma, Italy / June 30 – July 5, 2020
80- Not So Happy Film Festival / 3 July, 2020 / Sweden
81- 5th unrestricted view film festival / London, United Kingdom / 13th - 19th July.
82- Retro Avant Garde Film Festival / RAFF Cairo / Cairo/ 17th July 2020
83- 13th International Film Festival under de the Moon of Islantilla/ Spain / 4 Jul-29 Aug 2020
84- 6th The Herat International Women’s Film Festival (HIWFF) / Kabul / Afghanistan /August 26 – 30, 2020
85- 9th Daroca & Prisión Film Fest / September 1-30, 2020 / Spain
86- The King Review Festival/ September 14 – 16, 2020 / India
87- 48th Festival of Nations / 24 - 29 September 2020 / Austria
88- 32nd Girona Film Festival / Spain / September 23 – October 3, 2020
89- 4th The Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival / United States / October 2 - 4, 2020
90- 2nd Jharkhand International Film Festival &Awards(JIFFA) / October 11 – 20, 2020 / India/online-Covid 19
91- 12th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” Bilbao / October 15-22 / Spain
92- 17th Festival de Cine de Alicante (Página Official) / 17 -24 Oct 2020 / Spain
93- 1st Africa Film for Impact Festival (AFFIF)/ November 3 – 7, 2020/ Nigeria
94- HE Care Film Festival - The Human Environment Care Film Festival (HECFF) / November 5 – 8, 2020/ Canada
95- AL BAHR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL المھرجان الدولي للأفلام القصیرة حول العالم العربي – البحر / Spain / November 20-2020
96- 5th Active Nonviolence International Film Festival(FICNOVA)/20 Oct-31 Dec 2020 / Spain
97- 2nd Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival/ Greece / 5 June 2121
98- 23rd Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival / December 1 – 5, 2020 / Italy
99- 11th Walthamstow International Film Festival /London - United Kingdom
100- Media Arts Film Awards /Uganda / November 2020 /Postponed for COVID-19
101- 29th Pan African Youths Film & Arts Festival / June 5th, 2021/ USA/ BEST CHILD PERFORMANCE nomination
102- 5th Art is Alive Film Festival - New York- United States- 19 AUG 2021 / Best actress nomination
103- Noble International Film Festival and Awards / September 1 – 30, 2021 / India
104- 1st Kunstfest Weimar / September 2, 2021 / Germany
105- 8th Mykonos Biennale / Greece / 1-5 October 2021
106- 3rd Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos Miradas Diversas / Venezuela / 02 Dec 2021
107- 14th Shockfest Film Festival / December 10, 2021 / USA
108- 8th Sunshine Short Film Festival / Australia /January 20 – 26, 2022
109- Patmos Cinema Festival / Greece / April, 2022
110- 3rd Bueiff Channel – Argentina / June 10, 2022
 
Officially selected in festivals in these countries:

1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Uruguay
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Spain
7. France
8. Tunis
9. Senegal
10. Egypt
11. United State
12. Australia
13. Canada
14. Germany
15. Italy
16. Kenya
17. United Kingdom
18. Libya
19. India
20. Philistine
21. Equatorial Guinea
22. Turkey
23. Lebanon
24. Tanzania
25. Poland
26. Bahrain
27. Greece
28. Nepal
29. Austria
30. Sweden
31. Bangladesh
32. Afghanistan
33. Nigeria
34. Uganda
35. Venezuela
Awards:

1. 3rd Directors Cut Int'l Film Festival / Canada / Best short international film
2. 6th Cine Tornado Festival / Brazil
3. 2nd The Cutting Room International Short Film Festival NYC/ United States
1. original score award – Mourad Kawala
2. Short Short Drama international award
4. BEST DOCUMENTARY "AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE – 6 th MINIDOC Spain
5. Best Music - awarded as being among the top 11 films at international category of HAK-İŞ 8th International Short Film Contest themed “Respect for Labour – Best Music
6. 3rd best International film / people choice / Short Sweet Illawarra / Australia
7. Best actress for the child Menna Hossam / 11th Festival International de Cinema Pathologic / Roma, Italy
8. One of six awards 19th International Amateur Film Festival – Poland/ (We handed Grand Prix, three main prizes and 6 awards). The award for "Coffin Decollate”: "for showing the problem of imposed maturity in another tradition" (Jury)
9. Women Empowerment Award / 2nd APULIA WEB FEST 2020 / Italy
10. 2nd Jharkhand International Film Festival &Awards(JIFFA)- Jharkhand- India
11. 2nd Diorama International Film Festival- December-2020- New Delhi – India
Special Nominations:
1. 4th Grade Goya Rural Film Festival – Spain
2. Semi Finalist best female director category /3rd Kalaburagi International Short Film Festival - India
3. Semi Finalist / Best custom / 5th Unrestricted view film festival / London, United Kingdom / Best custom
4. 29th Pan African Youths Film & Arts Festival / United States/ BEST CHILD PERFORMANCE nomination
5. 5th Art is Alive Film Festival NYC - United States- 19 AUG 2021 / Best actress nomination/ Menna Hossam