Kaisa El Ramly

Kaisa El Ramly is a half Finnish half Egyptian writer and director currently based in Helsinki. She has been in the Industry since 2001, first as an actor for many years before turning her focus mainly onto writing and directing. Her debut feature film GETAWAYS & DREAMS (writer/director) had its domestic premiere in 2023, and has travelled major international festivals. She has MA in film studies, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, ELO Film School, Aalto University (2016) and BA in theatre studies, Academy of Performing Arts, DAMU, Czech Republic (2001).

 

Talent

Director
Screenwriter
(Actor)

Latest Work:

CRITICAL POINT, tv series (director), writers & producers Whatevergroup, YLE, 24
GETAWAYS & DREAMS, feature, (writer/director), Inland Film Company, 23
THE ORGASM OF ALL TIME, audio play (writer/director) YLE, 21

Languages

Finnish, English, Czech, Swedish

Interests:

As a writer I often tackle and explore family, especially sibling relationships, in my work. My main genres are drama and comedy, but I’m open and inquisitive to all, except horror, because it just scares me too much.

As a director, I’m interested in well written, dedicated stories that inspire me and invite me to explore complex characters in innovative settings and worlds.

Motto:
”Being on the edge isn’t as safe, but the view is better.” – Ricky Gervais

Filmography/Radio work:
CRITICAL POINT, tv series (director), writers & producers Whatevergroup, YLE, 24
GETAWAYS & DREAMS, feature, (writer/director), Inland Film Company, 23
THE ORGASM OF ALL TIME, audio play (writer/director) YLE, 21
CHAINS, concept for tv series (writer), YLE, 19
BORN WRONG, short fiction, (writer/director/producer), ELO 16
A SEAT WITH A VIEW, short documentary, (writer/director/producer), ELO 14

Achievements:
GETAWAYS & DREAMS, Nominee Golden Duke European Competition, Odesa Int Film Festival, 24
GETAWAYS & DREAMS, Nominee Competition 1-2 Award Best Film, Warsaw Int Film Festival, 23
BORN WRONG, Prague Film Awards, best short drama, 19
BORN WRONG, Ransäter Film Festival, best short film, 18
BORN WRONG, Rauma Blue Sea Film Festival, main prize, 16
GETAWAYS & DREAMS, Nordic Talents main prize for development (NFTVF), 16
TORINO FILM LAB, TFL NEXT TV SERIES LAB for the development of the tv series The Orgasm of All Time, 23
NORDIC FILM LAB, Göteborg Film Festival, 18-19

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