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Maggie Anwer is an Egyptian italian director, producer and writer. She serves as the president on film festivals, some of them includes La Femme Film Festival, Faten Hamama Film Festival and Children Film Festival.

Currently, Anwar serves as the CEO of MAGICA productions, a production and distribution house; and Magica House, a production house.

Early life and education
Anwer was born in Egypt. She completed a degree in mass communication in 2010 from the Cairo University. She began working in the art field at the age of sixteen writing articles on foreign films on the external page of youth newspapers and cinema sites.

Career
After completing her graduation, Anwer was joined a team that was working on the television programs with Ashraf Abdel Baqi. She started her career as an account manager to distribute films in the country. This later inspired her to take up production,she worked as a producer for more than 30 films and become a filmmaker, she started her own production company, MAGICA productions and Magica House.

Anwer’s films are known for dealing with political, social, and economic issues. While filming the films, she has traveled to Syria, France, Italy, Egypt and Canada. She supported women in Arab countries to join filmmaking and created free workshop, produced plays and film for women in Saudi Arabia. Anwer started a film festival in Morocco and free workshop for children. As of 2019, she is a member of the chamber of the cinema industry in Egypt, Arab film institution and Cinema Syndicate. She is a consultant for four film festivals in Europe. She was a member of the jury in nice international film festival and madrid international film festival.

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