Biography

May Odeh is an award-winning Palestinian producer, filmmaker, founder of Odeh Films in Palestine, and co-founder of Mayana Films with Berlin-based producer Zorana Mušikić. May’s work has been showcased and awarded at major international festivals, including Cannes, such as : Yetsrday The Eye Didnt Sleep (Un Certain Regard), Aisha Can’t Fly Away (Un Certain Regard). A Useful Ghost a film she co-produced, won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize, and Safe Exit in Panorama in Berlinale 2026. May is also the producer of Habibi Hussein by Alex Bakri, which premiered at Busan 2025, won the Best Film Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival 2025, and received the Audience Award (3rd Place) at IFFR 2026. May was named MENA Talent of the Year 2020 by Variety. She is known for producing 200 Meters, Hanging Gardens, Thousand Fires, Notes on Displacement, and more. Her films have been sold to numerous territories, major TV networks, and platforms. In addition to her production work, May curates the Palestinian Film Platform, which celebrates and promotes Palestinian cinema worldwide
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