Hala Galal, Film director, script writer and producer, email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

B.Sc. in Mass Media - Cairo University 1988

B.Sc. in film directing from The Higher Institute of Cinema 1994

Diploma in Film Directing from the Higher Institute of Cinema 1996

Residency in Switzerland from Pro Helvetica 1998

Ms. Hala Galal is a film director, script writer and producer. She is the founder and was the executive director of SEMAT Production & Distribution (Cairo) for 10 years. She was the president of The Caravan Euro Arab Festival for 3 years, and the artistic director of the Women Film Festival in Aswan for 1 year. Ms. Galal was also founder and Director of the EFF Education Film Forum at Al Gouna and Aswan Film Festivals for 2 years. She directed more than 18 films and produced more than 15 others. Her long documentary ‘Women ChitChat’ won the Silver Prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2006. Ms. Galal has participated in several local and international film festivals and Cinema Funds as a jury member in recent years, and has been a guest speaker and lecturer in many festivals, conferences and workshops.