The documentary and war film, Hollywoodgate, by Egyptian director and filmmaker, Ibrahim Nash’at, has garnered recognition and was shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards, known as the Oscars, in the Documentary Feature Film category. https://www.instagram.com/hollywoodgatefilm/p/DDsQQC1u-8R/ Hollywoodgate documents in depth the Taliban’s resurgence following the United States’ (U.S.) withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, after a 20-year war that began with the September 11 attacks in 2001. “With only my camera, I came to see in whose hands this country was left,” Nash’at says in the documentary’s trailer. Based in Berlin, Egyptian documentary filmmaker Nash’at has built a diverse career in journalism, working with major international outlets like Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, and Business Insider. The holder of a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from the Met Film School also co-edited the Academy Award-nominated film Under the Sky of Damascus, which premiered at the Berlinale 2023 and won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Doc Festival. Hollywoodgate, Nash’at’s first feature film, which premiered at both the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals in 2023, explores themes of power dynamics, propaganda, and the aftermath of war. “Nash’at risks life and limb to achieve…
Egyptian Filmmaker’s Documentary Hollywoodgate Gets Shortlisted at 97th Oscars
January 7, 2025
By Nadine Tag
Journalist
