CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Maha kicked off her filmmaking career working as an art designer on THE TIME THAT REMAINS by Elia Suleiman and THE ATTACK by Ziad Douairi. Besides that, Maha wrote and directed the short film ORANGES and the documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS.
In 2015, she got her first big break with her first feature film, PERSONAL AFFAIRS, which premiered to critical acclaim at the 69th Cannes’ Un Certain Regard before traveling far and wide and winning numerous awards, including the Critics Award at Cinemed.
Years later, in 2022, her film MEDITERRANEAN FEVER won Best Screenplay at Cannes

TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
UPSHOT: Starring Mohammad Bakri and Areen Omari, Maha’s narrative short about a Palestinian couple's carefully constructed fantasy life to avoid a devastating revelation from their past premiered at Locarno, where it won the Golden Pardino Award, before winning two more awards at the GFF and Clermont-Ferrand.