Ayman El Amir

Ayman El Amir is an Egyptian filmmaker and script consultant. His 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 the best documentary film at the Festival de Cannes 2024. He also produced the fiction film, Fakh (The Trap), screened at Cannes' Semaine de la Critique 2019 and TIFF 2019, and co-directed the feature documentary, Happily Ever After, premiered in Idfa 2016. He 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, Doha Film Institute, Idfa Bertha Fund, Cairo International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival Atlas Atelier, Full Circle Lab, Hot Docs Documentary Fund, and DW Academy. He mentors also the Egyptian Dahshur Genre Script Development Residency, the only screenwriting residency in MENA region, that is dedicated for developing genre projects. He works through his Cairo-based production company, Felucca Films, to help filmmakers explore and shape their own personal voices and to produce unique and original fiction and documentary films, with a special focus on fresh and new talents and contemporary social issues.