Al Mahatta
The Station

Al Mahatta | The Station by Eltayeb Mahdi
SDN 1989, Berlinale Shorts
© Eltayeb Mahdi

Al Mahatta | The Station by Eltayeb Mahdi
SDN 1989, Berlinale Shorts
© Eltayeb Mahdi

Al Mahatta | The Station by Eltayeb Mahdi
SDN 1989, Berlinale Shorts
© Eltayeb Mahdi
Crew
Written and Directed by | Eltayeb Mahdi |
Cinematography | Tawfig O. Fagir |
Editing | A. Gadir Daoud, Muhammad M. Ali |
Music | Abdalla M. Abdalla |
Sound | Awad Eldaw, Elsir Hamid, Salah Saeed |
Assistant Director | Ibrahim Shaddad |
Production Managers | Manar Elhilo, Alsar H. Yousif |
Restoration | Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst |
Produced by
Department of Culture, Cinema Section

Eltayeb Mahdi
The director (left, with the hat) with the cast of the film Talking About Trees from the section Panorama Dokumente.
Al Mahatta · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 13, 2019

Eltayeb Mahdi
The director during the film talk.
Al Mahatta · Forum Expanded · Feb 15, 2019
Eltayeb Mahdi

The multi-award-winning filmmaker graduated with a degree from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo in 1976. He has produced film music for several internationally award-winning films and was head of the Sudanese Film Group for a number of years. The author of numerous articles on cinema for major Sudanese newspapers, he is currently working on the feature film al-Siraj wal-attama (The Lantern and Darkness).
Filmography
1976 Al Dareeh (The Tomb); 17 min. 1979 Arba`a marat lil atfal (Four Times for Children); 17 min. 1989 Al Mahatta (The Station); 17 min. 2008 Iyal almatmora; 21 min. 2013 Humaid; 70 min.
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019