Sherif El Azma lives and works in Cairo. He studied at the Surrey Institute in London and teaches experimental film at the American University in Cairo. In addition to more than ten single-channel videos, Azma has authored performance lectures, sound installations and live visuals for the 100Live electronic music festival in Cairo. His films have been screened at numerous international venues, and featured in Manifesta, Home Works Forum, the Sharjah and Venice Biennales. In 2001, he was awarded a best work prize for his Interview With a Housewife at the Al-Nitaq Festival. His works range from the highly experimental to documentary to riffs on the cinematic, often exploring trajectories of psycho-geography, relations and sexuality in relation to the city.