![]() Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. Limbo tells the story of Omar, who is a promising young musician. The emotional centre of the film is Omar, and El-Masry’s tremendous performance – particularly in the heart-rending conversations he has with his mother over the phone, demanding detailed recipes in a doomed attempt to eat in exactly the way he ate back home.” El-Masry superbly conveys Omar’s fear that to play the oud under these wretched circumstances would be an act of futility and disloyalty. The Guardian also applauded El-Masry’s role and described it as “Most dramatically there is Omar – a hugely gentle and intelligent performance from Amir El-Masry –. The Hollywood Reporter praised Amir El-Masry’s performance in the film stating, “Rising British-Egyptian screen talent El-Masry gives a soulful, quietly hypnotic performance as Omar”. (the film is) balanced out by the weight and grace of El-Masry’s performance, flickering with mirth and rage behind tired eyes”. Most recently, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) included the prominent star Amir El-Masry within the 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough participants, to become the first star of Egyptian origin to join this list after a long repertoire of total 24 international works since 2013.ĭirected by Ben Sharrock, Limbo debuted to rapturous review with Variety saying, “Sharrock also places considerable faith in his excellent lead, British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry, to convey unspoken layers of trauma in his character’s psychological makeup. “ Limbo” was part of the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival earlier 2020 and also received the TCM Youth Jury Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.Ģ020 marked El-Masry’s second year in a row taking part in CIFF, where he participated in 2019 with his Danish film Daniel. “I would like to thank the jury members and Mohamed Hefzy” El Masry said after receiving the Golden Pyramid Award for best movie.Įl Masry asked the attendees of CIFF closing ceremony who didn’t watch the movie to watch it, hoping that they like it. The third award was the Golden Pyramid Award for best film. The second award was Henry Barakat award for best artistic contribution.Īfter receiving the second award El Masry said “I would like to thank Cairo International Film Festival and Mohamed Hefzy for believing in the movie.”Įl Masry thanked Limbo film crew, the director and the producer. “ The best support is the one that you receive from your country” El Masry said after receiving FIPRECI award.Įl Masry thanked the movie director Ben Sharrock. The first award is FIPRECI (Samir Farid) award. “Limbo” managed to grab three awards from CIFF. ![]() CAIRO - 6 February 2021:Egyptian star Amir El Masry's ‘Limbo’ movie included in BAFTA 2021 films awards long-lists.Įgyptian International star Amir El Masry was nominated to Best Actor Award from British International Film Award (BIFA).įollowing the international critical acclaim, he received for his role in “Limbo” movie, El-Masry competed with his film in the 42nd edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) that was held from December 2-10,2020.
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