Renowned actor, Mohamed Henedy arrived Thursday in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, to attend the closing ceremony of El Gouna Film Festival third edition (GFF), which will take place on Friday.
He is set to receive the Creative Achievement Award in recognition for his outstanding career.
Henedy, born on February 1965 in the district of Giza, has earned his bachelor’s degree from the Cinema Institute in 1991.
He began his career acting in play “Doctor Za’attar” and in the television series “A’la Asl Dawar,” “Al A’rdahalgy” and “Al Bakheel wa Ana”.
Henedy is known for his roles in plays “ALabanda,” “Hazimny Ya” and “Al Mahzala Al Ardiyah.”.
Moreover, he succeeded in demonstrating his comedic talent through a minor role in film “Bakheet wa A’deela.”
Henedy was able to redefine the landscape of Egyptian cinema towards the end of the ‘90s and was soon afterward recognized as a major star with high grossing movies.
He also co-starred in several theatrical comedies plays on the private sector theatre stage with a large number of his generation, such as Ahmed El Sakka, Hany Ramzy, Sherif Mounir, Mona Zaki, Ghada Adel, and Yasmine Abdelaziz.
The actor is one of the most prominent stars of in Egypt and the Middle East as he had in the last 20 years, during which he made many successful films including, "Ismailia Rayeh Gay", “Sa'eedi in the American University”, “Hamam fi Amsterdam”, “Gana El Bian El Taly”, “Askar fi el-muaskar”, “Fool el sawseen el azeem”, “Wesh Egram”, “Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda”, and others.
Noteworthy, the festival was established on September 22, 2017, to underscore the role cinema plays in promoting cultural interaction and to highlight the awareness of different cinematic voices through encouraging dialogue and by building bridges of creative intellect.
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