FILM CREW
Ahmed Amer
Writer and Director
Egypt
Ahmed not only wrote the screenplay of FEATHERS, which won the Grand Prize in Critics Week in Cannes last year, he also wrote GHODWA, which marked the directorial debut of Tunisian acting superstar Dhafer L’Abidine. He also wrote the award-winning ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM that premiered in the 2016 Dubai festival. between Cairo and New York. Amer’s seventh feature as a screenwriter, HAMLET FROM THE SLUMS, will be among the feature projects presented in L’Atelier at Cannes this year, with Ahmed Fawzi Saleh attached as director and Film Clinic as the production company.