Beshara completed his high school in Cairo then joined the Egyptian Higher Institute of Cinema where he graduated in 1967.
[citation needed] (All were made in 1999) Tanks Hunter 1974 Leipzig 17th International Festival for Short &Documentary Films for Cinema and Television, Official Entry 1975 Sixth National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Best Idea – Khairy Beshara Best Photography – Mahmoud Abdel Samei The Village Doctor 1976 The 7th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Golden Prize – Best Film in the category of medium long films Best Direction & Scenario – Khairy Beshara Best Photography – M. Abdel Samei Best Editing – A. Metwally Best Music – Dr. Youssef Shawki Best Sound – M. Abdel Muteleb 1976 The Catholic Audio-Visual Center Award Best Documentary “for its noble message of devoting one’s experience to those who need it.. setting an example for a young doctor working in rural areas” 1976 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary “for its unique treatment in dealing with the Egyptian village and its problems…with awareness and a cinematographic view quite unusual for the Egyptian documentaries” 1976 Leipzig 19th International Film Festival The International Students Union Festival Award 1978 The Encouragement State Award, The High Council of Arts, Literature Award of Sciences & Arts of the First Degree The Sea Gull 1977 The 8th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt (Medium Long Category) Award for Direction & Scenario – Khairy Beshara Award for Editing – K. Abul Ela 1977 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary concurrently with “Advises of a Wise Man on Rural Affairs & Education” by Daoud Abdel Sayed Illumination 1978 The 9th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt (Long Documentary Category) Best Direction – Khairy Beshara Best Photography – M. Fadel Rock Talks 1979 The 10th National Festival for Documentary and Short Films, Cairo, Egypt Best Editing – Ahmed Metwally 1979 Leipzig 22nd International Festival for Short & Documentary Films for Cinema and Television, Official Entry 1980 Sixth Festival of Egyptian Film Film Society Award for the Best Short Film 1980 The Egyptian Association of Cinema Critics (FIRPRESCI member) Best Documentary concurrently with “Working in the Field” by Daoud Abdel Sayed “for its distinguished creative capacity in expressing the character of the Egyptian Sculptor Abdel Badie Abdel Hay” 1980 The Folk Culture Department Certificate of Appreciation – K. Beshara “In appreciation of his distinguished efforts and his excellence in the fields of scenario and direction…” Bloody Destinies 1983 Cinema Prizes Competition, Ministry of Culture, Cairo, Egypt Best Debut Direction – K. Beshara House-Boat No.
70 Samir Farid (prominent Film Critic) in his book “New Realism in Egyptian Cinema”, 1991.
Thesis by Beaty Klimkiewicz, Warsaw University, Neofilology Department, Poland 1996 The Centennial of Arab Cinema, Lincoln Center, New York, US 1996 The 6th Edition of Black Movie, Genève, Switzerland Sweet Day, Bitter Day 1988 The 12th Cinematographic Days of Carthage, Tunis Best Actress – Faten Hamama 1988 The Three Continents Film Festival, Nantes, France Special Mention 1988 “Cinema & Reality of the 80’s in Egypt”, M.A.
Wild Desire 1991 Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, “Today’s Cinema, Tomorrow’s Cinema” Program Ice Cream in Gleem 1993 The 19th Festival of the Egyptian Film Society Special Jury Award America Abracadabra (America Shika Bika) 1993 The 11th Damascus Film Festival, Syria (Main Program) 1994 The 4th Pyongyang Film Festival, Korea The Special Prize of the Juries 1997 The International House of Philadelphia, US, Contemporary Egyptian Cinema Traffic Light 1995 The 19th Cairo International Film Festival Special Jury Prize “Silver Pyramid” 1997 II Cinema Dei Paesi Arabi, Cinema Del Comune Di Bologna, Italy The best of Egyptian cinema , the best 15 best Egyptian films of all time Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine