Mostafa El Kashef

Mostafa El Kashef is an Egyptian visual artist, producer, and director of photography (DOP), contributing to 13 award-winning films worldwide. His debut feature, 19 B, won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in 2022.

He began as DOP on the British-Greek production MODERATION by Anja Kirschner, with Egyptian scenes filmed under his cinematography, premiering at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. He worked on acclaimed shorts including Jaylan Auf’s MY FESTIVAL (El Gouna Film Festival) and Sharine Atef’s JEBEL BANAT (Tribeca, Student Visionary Award 2019, Cannes Short Film Corner).

El Kashef collaborated on THIS IS MY NIGHT by Yousuf Nouman, winning gold FIFOG in Geneva and Best Cinematography at Cinemaz Brasil. In 2021, three of his shorts—CAI - BER (Gouna Star Best Arab Short), KHADIJA, and WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT MARYAM (Best Cinematography at Galichnik, Jury Award Barcelona)—premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.