Languages:
Luxembourgish: native
Arab: native
German: fluent
French: fluent
English: fluent
Nationality:
luxembourgish
Country and Zone:
Luxembourg / Luxembourg (available worldwide)
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER, EDITOR
Series / Séries:
2023 – “Finding Rosa” (in development)
2021 – “Baraki”
Feature Films / Long métrages:
2023 – “Hooped” (pre-production)
2019 – “Sawah”
2009 – “Reste bien, mec!”
Short Films / Court métrages:
2022 – “Full Memory”
2015 – “Ouni Mooss”
2010 – “La fameuse route”
2010 – “Mano De Dios”
2007 – “Bet Zeitoun”
Pub / Films institutionnels / Clip:
Writer / scénario:
2023 – “Hooped” (co-writing with Denis Foon)
2022 – “Full Memory”
2019 – “Sawah” (co-writing with Denis Foon and Sirvan Marogy)
2015 – “Ouni Mooss”
2010 – “La fameuse route”
2010 – “Mano De Dios”
2009 – “Reste bien, mec!”
Editor / Montage:
2018 – “Double Apple”
2010 – “La fameuse route”
2010 – “Mano De Dios”
2009 – “Reste bien, mec!”
Prices and Distinctions:
2020 – Jury President, Cinécourts en herbe, Luxembourg
2019 – Jury Member, Cineast Film Festival, Luxembourg
2019 – Jury President Kiripi Award Mooov Film Festival, Turnhout, Belgium
2018 – Academy Awards: Foreign Film – Luxembourg Selection Committee Member
2012 – Jury Member at JCDecaux Poster Contest
2012 – Multiple nominations at Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis; including Best Feature Film
2010 – Festival de Cannes; Scholarship Film Fund Luxembourg
2008 – Kuala Lumpur Film Festival; Best Director, Best Music, Best African Film
2008 – African Movie Academy Awards, Best Edit in a Film & Special Jury Prize
2006 – Berlinale Talentcampus, Alumni
2006 – Youth Jury Member at Festival de Cannes
2005 – Jury Member at Cartoons on the Bay Film Festival, Positano, Italy
Over 300 film festival official selections (including Class A festivals)
Over 50 international awards
Professional experiences:
2015 – 2022 – Wady Films / Wady Media, Luxembourg; CEO / Producer
2012 – 2016 – Doha Film Institute, Qatar; Freelance Producer / Editor
2008 – 2009 – LUXE.TV, Luxembourg;
Producer and editor for Middle Eastern Programs
2006 – MBC, United Arab Emirates; Freelance Producer / Editor
2005 – Film-It !, United Kingdom; Film Workshop Coordinator
2003 – 2009 – Bigtime Entertainments Ltd., United Kingdom;
CEO / Producer
2003 – 2007 – Kingston University, United Kingdom;
Teaching Assistant in filmmaking and editing
Education and Workshops / Formations et Stages:
2006 – 2008 – MA Filmmaking
Kingston University, United Kingdom
2002 – 2005 – BA Media & Cultural Studies (with honours)
Kingston University, United Kingdom
Various masterclasses:
Miguel Machalski, Werner Herzog, Luc Besson;
Dustin Hoffman, Aaron Sorkin, Screen Leaders,
Dov Simens, John Truby
EAVE Film Marketing & Film Finance Forum
