Omar directed his first film in 2008, the feature film Go with Peace Jamil, which among many awards won the Tiger award at Rotterdam Film festival in 2008 and was quite successful in Danish theatres placing as one of the most innovative films in recent Danish history. In 2009 he directed My Father from Haifa, which won him the Muhr Arab Special Jury Prize for documentaries and the audience prize before it started its worldwide tour. Currently Omar is working on his second feature film, which he is going to shoot in the first half of 2012.
Karim is a renowned director of photography and director Arab world and internationally,he has contributed to numerous award-winning political documentaries about the Middle East including My Trip To Al Qaeda (2010), Giran (2009), and Egypt We are Watching You (2008). He was also a contributing editor on Control Room (2004). In addition to his documentary work, Karim was the D.O.P. of Al Jama3a (The University),He has lensed a number Egyptian short films, including Ein Semeka (Fisheye), Miraculum, and Beit Min Lahm (House of Flesh), which earned him the Egyptian State Prize for Best Cinematography in 2006.
