Experiencing Interruptions?

Sniper

A curious young man uses his camcorder to closely watch and spy on situation and people from his balcony in a Cairo street.

  • Hossam Waleed
    Writer
    Dreamy, Uncertain and Dies Everyday (2020)
  • Hossam Waleed
    Videographer
  • Hossam Waleed
    Director
  • Muhammad Taymour
    Producer
    I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face (2020)
  • Mohamed Bashir
    Editor
    Faded Kohl (2020)
  • Sammy Sayed
    Sound Designer
    Deeply Absurd Lucidity (2018)
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    قناص
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    observational documentary
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 23, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Egypt
  • Country of Filming:
    Egypt
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Panasonic SD80 Camcorder
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 10th Cairo Video Festival - “The Motion of Image” program
    Cairo
    Egypt
    October 3, 2022
    MENA premiere
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions (2022)
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 3, 2022
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions (2022)
    Iver
    United Kingdom
    October 24, 2022
  • Wekalet Behna - "Stealth and Resentment" program (2022)
    Alexandria
    Egypt
    May 12, 2022
  • Montreal's Dazibao Exhibition Screening (2022)
    montreal
    Canada
    July 20, 2022
  • "The Motion of Image" film program in Alexandria Bibliotheca (2023)
    Alexandria
    Egypt
    May 30, 2023
  • Student World Impact Film Festival (2023)
    New Jersey
    United States
    June 18, 2023
  • Re–Fest Festival by CultureHub (2024)

    June 7, 2024
    online streaming
  • Vancouver's Cinematheque, Canada (2024)
    Vancouver
    Canada
    April 12, 2024
  • Institut français d'Égypte - Rawy Films “Local Neighbors” program (2024)
    Cairo
    Egypt
    November 13, 2024
  • Kolkata International Short Film Fest
    Kolkata
    India
    February 16, 2025
    Indian Premeire
    "Best experiential documentary"
Director Biography - Hossam Waleed

Studied theatre and criticism in college. Studied for two years in Jesuit Cairo Film School. Interested in storytelling, sounds, coming of age characters and visual arts. As well as documentary films, space rock music. Directed three short films: a fiction and two documentaries.

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