Samy El-Kamel

Writer & Director

Anatomy of a Panic Attack
Official Selection -- The Great Film Club May 2026
A young man faces a devitalizing mental crisis when the monotonous drain of his day job catches up to him by the end of the work week.

Waveform
Official Selection -- Jax Fuse Fest 2025
A young man on the brink of irrevocable despair crosses paths with a mysterious messenger, who carries with him an urgent warning: "Your future is in danger."

NeuraFridge
A man purchases a new fridge that automatically prepares food for him. Over the coming days, he discovers that there may perhaps be more to this miraculous appliance than he bargained for.

27
Unable to sleep on the eve of his 27th birthday, a man confronts his existential ruminations.

Samy El-Kamel is a narrative filmmaker from Cairo, Egypt. He found himself drawn to the magic of storytelling at a young age; what began as short stories and comic strips later evolved into screenwriting -- a craft that earned him back-to-back first-place awards in the University of North Florida's annual creative writing competition. His films aim to envision the extraordinary within the ordinary, driven by a belief that the most powerful stories are the ones unfolding around us every day.