Film, television and theatre
Cinema — directing
A series of short films shot on 8 mm between 1974 and 1978, screened at a seminar at the Alumni Club in 1981.
Al Wafaa (Loyalty)
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Al Aama (The Blind Man)
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Al Arab — Jordanian film
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Sourat Daya (An Image of Loss) — Omani film
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Scenes from Al Ajyal (Generations)
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Excerpts from Al Akhawayn (The Two Brothers)
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The Mask — short drama about the Camp David Accords, 16 mm, 1981.
Angels of the Earth — short drama about the Sabra and Shatila massacres, 16 mm, 1983.
The Barrier — feature film, 1990. Screenplay credited in the supplied record to Amin Saleh and Ali Al Sharqawi. Produced and directed by Bassam Al Thawadi. Described as Bahrain’s first feature film; participated in Arab and international festivals.
Visitor — feature film, 2003. Screenplay by Bassam Al Thawadi and Fareed Ramadan; produced by Bahrain Cinema Company and Bassam Al Thawadi. Produced and directed by Bassam Al Thawadi. The supplied record describes it as Bahrain’s second cinema film and the first Gulf film using Dolby sound; participated in Arab and international festivals.
A Bahraini Tale — feature film, 2006. Screenplay by Fareed Ramadan; produced by the Bahraini Cinema Production Company. Bassam Al Thawadi: executive producer and director. Festival appearances listed below:
Dubai International Film Festival — official competition, December 2006.
New York Arab and Asian Film Festival — February 2007.
Official opening of the Emirates Film Competition — March 2007.
Rotterdam Arab Film Festival — official competition, June 2007.
Cinefan, New Delhi — July 2007.
Oran Arab Film Festival — official competition, August 2007.
Golden Minbar International Muslim Film Festival — official competition, Kazan, Russia, September 2007.
Amal Arab and European Film Festival, Spain — official competition, October 2007.
Arab Film Festival, Brussels — October 2007.
Cinema — producer and executive producer
Four Girls — feature film, 2008. Screenplay by Hamad Al Shehabi; directed by Hussain Al Hulaibi. Bassam Al Thawadi: producer and executive producer.
Longing — feature film, 2010. Screenplay by Khalid Al Rowaie; directed by Hussain Al Hulaibi. Bassam Al Thawadi: producer.
Television — directing and preparation
Variety programmes
F 8 — 1985.
Alwan (Colours) — 1985.
Zoom — 1985.
Al Nas wal Eid (People and Eid) — 1985.
Clapperboard — 1986.
Video Cinema — 1986–1988.
Farhat Al Eid (The Joy of Eid) — 1986.
The Open Evening — cinema, theatre and song; six parts, 1987–1988.
Take Two — 1987.
Indirect Broadcast — prepared by Amin Saleh and Qassim Haddad, 1991.
Television Sour Al Mulawwan — prepared by Amin Saleh and Munira Hassan, 1994.
A selection of Arabic songs.
Joint Arab television evenings for the Arab States Broadcasting Union: Nagham, Raay, Liqaa and Hayaa 94.
Commercials and educational and cultural programmes.
Documentary and tourism films — directing
Bahrain: A Bright Face — 1986.
Homeland and Citizen — 1987.
Intellectual and Cultural Ties between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia — 1986.
The Citizen: Tree of Life — 1987.
A New Dawn — 1986; Arad Fort — 1988.
Bahrain Training Institute — 1996; Nada Water — 1997.
Precious Pearls — 1997.
Authentic Pearls — 1998.
Bahrain: Island of the Bright Smile — 1998.
The Flower of Love — 1999.
Endurance Race Advertisement — December 2001.
Economic Vision 2030 — film and song, 2008.
Diyar Al Muharraq — 2008.
History of the Sheikhs of Bahrain — a series of dramatic and documentary films, 2010.
Television drama
Al Ain trilogy — screenplay by Rashid Al Jowder, 1988.
Younes and the Others — television drama based on a work by American writer John Keefauver; screenplay by Amin Saleh, 1989.
Eyes beneath the Skull — screenplay by Hamad Al Shehabi, 1990.
Another Girl — series; screenplay by Hamad Al Shehabi, 1992.
Hassan and Noor Al Sana — series; screenplay by Hamad Al Shehabi, 1994. Received awards for lighting and best supporting actress at the Cairo Television Festival in 1995.
The Fugitive — series; screenplay by Amin Saleh and Qassim Haddad, 1995.
Poets of the Arabs — series, 1985; acting.
Theatre
The Author — written by Ali Salem; acting. Won first prize at Kuwait’s first theatre festival in 1985.
Youd Alaih — written by Hassan Aoun, 1985; acting.
Othello Returns — written by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1981; acting.
The Palm Tree — operetta written by Hamad Al Shehabi, 1982; directing.
Farah wa Marah festival — Dallah Al Baraka Group, Saudi Arabia, 1988; directing.
Echoes of Longing — operetta, 1991; directing.
Tribute to Bu Salman festival — 2001; directing and general supervision.
Long Live Hamad — operetta, February 2002; directing and general supervision.
