Ayman El Amir is an Egyptian director, producer and script consultant. His recent work includes directing and producing, with Nada Riyadh, the feature documentary, The Brink of Dreams, premiered in Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique and won L’Oeil D’or Prize For best documentary at the Festival de Cannes 2024. He directed, with Nada Riyadh, the feature documentary, Happily Ever After, premiered at IDFA 2016. He produced the short fiction, The Trap, selected for La Semaine de la Critique at the Festival de Cannes 2019. El Amir has worked as a script consultant, a mentor and a jury member for many programs, labs, funds and institutes including Torino Film Lab, Cannes’ La Fabrique, Cannes’ Short Film Corner, Doha Film Institute, Idfa Bertha Fund, Marrakech Atlas Atelier, Full Circle Lab, Hot Docs Documentary Fund, and DW Academy.
Nada Riyadh is an Egyptian filmmaker. Her recent work includes directing and producing, with Ayman El Amir, the feature documentary, The Brink of Dreams, premiered in Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique and won L’Oeil D’or Prize For best documentary at the Festival de Cannes 2024. Her debut feature documentary film, Happily Ever After, directed with Ayman El Amir, premiered at IDFA 2016. Her short fiction, The Trap, was selected for the official competition of La Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival 2019. She is an alumnus of various international film programs including Cannes’ La Fabrique, Next Step Program La Semaine de la Critique, Berlinale talents, American Film Showcase and Film Independent.