Biography

Shaza Moharam is an award-winning Egyptian performer and filmmaker whose practice is rooted in the embodied female experience.

Maharam's work has screened at various renowned festivals including TIFF, Berlinale, Cairo, Pia, and Marrakech. Her performance in "The trap," Egypt's sole entry in Cannes 2019, embodying a working-class woman in an abusive relation, was named as one of the best of the year. Her directorial debut "Ahlam," a Pseudo-documentary depicting the political awakening of a stigmatised young woman, won Best Documentary from the Cuban Institute of the Arts and the Cinematic Industry.

She is a Berlinale Talent, a two-time Fulbright Award recipient, and a MAEC-AECID grantee. Her projects have garnered the support of the American Film Showcase, the Doha Film Institute, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Goethe Institute, the Cultural Resource, the Cairo Film Connection, among others.
- IMDb mini biography by: Shaza Moharam