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Erēmīta (Anthologies) (2021) - 58mins (trailer)
“Magnifies the ways in which all of us.. have become intrinsically connected by the challenges of this unprecedented era.”
- Matt Fagerholm, RogerEbert
“A certain felicitous intimacy”
- Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
“Hazy, seductive, dreamlike feeling"
- Gary Kramer, Salon
“A compelling watch"
- Farah Cheded, Film School Rejects
A collaboration of visual invention and poetic composition, incorporating writings by Nietzsche, Museum of Moving Image
What’s most rewarding about curator Sam Abbas’ short film collection, Erēmīta (Anthologies), RogerEbert
Review: Global shutdown spurs cinematographers’ creativity in ‘Erēmīta (Anthologies)’, Los Angeles Times
Experimental film "Erēmīta" is an inventive & vivid celebration of our pandemic hermitage life, Salon
'Eremita (Anthologies)' Harbors Appeal Beyond the Average Pandemic Response Movie, Film School Rejects
Erēmīta (Anthologies) Review: Renowned Cinematographers Provide Their Pandemic Visions, The Film Stage
Ability to capture isolation with such clarity, with the majority of the sections having no narrative structure, FILM THREAT
Cinematographers from the Around the World Unite in Exclusive Trailer for Erēmīta (Anthologies), The Film Stage
First Trailer for Cinematographers Doc Project 'Erēmīta (Anthologies)', FirstShowing.net
Documentary Anthology Shot By Sam Abbas During Pandemic Plans Winter Festival Run, Variety
Major cinematographers unite to create the Erēmīta Anthologies, Film-News.co.uk | Movie News & Reviews
Alia's Birth (2020) - 66mins
First-Look Photo: Sam Abbas' LGBTQ Drama 'Alia's Birth' , The Hollywood Reporter
Egyptian Director Sam Abbas Launches Contest for Female Filmmakers (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter
Actors Samuel H. Levine, Maya Kazan, and Edward Akrout have been added to the cast of Abbas’ Alia’s Birth, DEADLINE
'The Night Of,' 'The Bold Type' Stars to Lead LGBTQ Drama 'Alia’s Birth' (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter
Poorna Jagannathan, Nikohl Boosheri To Topline ‘Alia’s Birth’, DEADLINE
Marie (2020) - 6mins (watch)
**Eligible for the 93rd Academy Awards**
“Rarely depicted so vehemently in cinema"
- Chris Buick, UK Film Review
Marie an observation of labor during a home-birth, Film-News UK
The grand tale of bringing life into the world, FILM THREAT
Marie documents a mere fragment of the sixty-three-hour labour, UK FilmReview
Rusted Caravaggios (2020) - 3mins (watch)
Go Inside The Paris Louvre After 4-Month Closure With Short Film ‘Rusted Caravaggios,’ DEADLINE
Egyptian Filmmaker Sam Abbas Captures Reopening of Louvre Museum, Variety
Paris Louvre Museum Reopens After Coronavirus Shutdown, International Business Times
An Egyptian-American's Short Film Reveals A Hauntingly Empty Louvre In The Times Of COVID-19, NILE FM 104.2
The Wedding (2018) - 75mins (trailer)
“One of the most unusual coming-out declarations in history"
- Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter
“Auspicious feature debut..demands attention. It’s a gem."
- Gary Kramer, Gay City News
“The cinematography, set design and scene compositions enrich film with meaning much like in Godard's French New Wave films."
- Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
The Wedding Director Sam Abbas on What It’s Like to Screen an LGBTQ Film in the Middle East, Vogue
The Filmmaker Screening His L.G.B.T.Q. Movie Across the Middle East, Vanity Fair
Director secretly screened gay-themed ‘The Wedding’ in the Middle East, New York Post
The Man Behind the First Queer Film Ever Screened in the Middle East, OUT Magazine
Queer Film Highlights of 2018 - Best Debut, Gay City News
Why This Muslim Director Has Been Screening His Movie in Secret Locations Across Middle East, The Wrap
A queer Muslim man’s halting embrace of his sexuality, Gay City News
This Arab filmmaker is secretly screening his LGBT films in the Middle East, Little White Lies
Secret screenings: Director Sam Abbas brings LGBTQ film to Middle Eastern audience, France 24
'The Wedding' Trailer: Closeted Muslim Man Prepares for Straight Wedding (Exclusive), Hollywood Reporter
‘The Wedding’ Trailer: The Egyptian Queer Film Getting Secret Screenings in the Middle East, IndieWire
Egyptian filmmaker aims to show LGBT+ people are 'not alone', Reuters
Catch A Sneak Peek At The Queer Movie That Could Make Waves In The Middle East, The Huffington Post
Berlin: Egyptian Filmmaker Launches LGBTQ-Focused Production Company, Hollywood Reporter
Nikohl Boosheri, Sam Abbas Star In ‘The Wedding’, DEADLINE
Egyptian Filmmaker Sam Abbas is launching the first ever “Arab-based film company that will focus on movies with LGBTQ themes”, GLAAD
Vancouver-raised actor Nikohl Boosheri will star in The Wedding with Sam Abbas, Straight
‘The Wedding’ tackles conservative religious culture, Pride Source
Sam Abbas is writing, directing and starring in the feature film The Wedding, GLAAD
Time to Come (2016) - 14mins
Gay Muslim Torn Between Love And Family In Sam Abbas’ “Time To Come”, NewNowNext
Filmmaker Sam Abbas has almost finished shooting his latest film, Time to Come, GLAAD