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FROM THE FOUNDER
FROM THE
FOUNDER.
Director · Filmmaker — Founder of RAF Films
“I build stories you don’t just watch — you experience.”
— Mohamed Raafat
THE STORY
Nine years behind the camera. One studio built to stop compromising.
I didn’t arrive at filmmaking through film school. I arrived through five years of civil engineering — and the slow realisation that what I was really building, in my head, was always a frame. Structure. Light. The weight of a shot. I left the drawing board and never looked back.
Nine years on, I’ve directed for Red Bull, Cairokee, Omar Khairat, Jaz Hotels, and some of Egypt’s most ambitious brands. I’ve shot in concert halls, on desert roads, inside symphonies, and on sets with nothing but a drone and a vision. What I’ve learned is simple: the brief is never the film. The film is what happens when the brief is taken seriously enough to break.
I founded RAF Films to stop compromising. To build a studio that treats every frame like it matters — because it does. This is what I do.
EXPERIENCE
Selected direction credits.
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Red Bull CPD 2024 Worldwide Finals
Global commercial — Red Bull
- Directed the worldwide final commercial for Red Bull’s Can You Make It? 2024 campaign.
- Led end-to-end production — from boards to delivery — coordinating multi-location crew.
- Delivered a cinematic cut aligned with Red Bull’s global brand language.
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Red Bull Symphonic — Marwan Pablo & Nayer Nagy
Live-concert film — Red Bull
- Directed the live concert capture of Red Bull Symphonic featuring Marwan Pablo and conductor Nayer Nagy.
- Ran a multi-camera cinematic rig with a full orchestra and a live audience.
- Managed hand-off from live direction into post-production and final delivery.
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Cairokee — Live Concert Direction
Long-running collaboration
- Ongoing concert direction for Cairokee — one of the region’s biggest live acts.
- Multi-camera live cut, post-show film edits, and tour-grade visual content.
- Shaped a recognisable visual identity across multiple live runs.
SELECTED WORK
Projects I’ve directed personally.
A short, curated slice — beyond the RAF Films agency reel.
CREDENTIALS
Formally trained. Continually certified.
Certification
Filmmaking Diploma
Soic Film Academy
2023 – 2024
Academic
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
High Institute of Engineering
2015 – 2020
CERTIFICATES
Soic Film Academy
Filmmaking Diploma
2023 – 2024
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Skills & tools.
Skills
- Film Directing
- DP & Cinematography
- Video Editing & Post-Production
- Color Grading & Visual Storytelling
- Live Concert & Event Direction
- Scriptwriting & Storyboarding
- On-Set Leadership & Crew Coordination
Tools
- Adobe Premiere Pro · After Effects · Photoshop
- DaVinci Resolve
- Drone & Camera Operation Equipment
- AI Generative Models — specialist in high-quality, photoreal AI-generated video & photography for media production
- Claude Code — Vibecoding / AI-assisted development
- Microsoft Office