Sharon Hakim

Sharon Hakim is a writer and director. She came to cinema through writing and theater and took interest in directing in high school. After studying in Paris and New York, in 2020 she directed The Great Night, her first short film, a musical film inspired from an Egyptian puppet operetta and broadcasted on Arte. The film was selected at Clermont-Ferrand, Cinemed and received two awards in Cabourg and one in Brest. In 2024, she directed two short films. Nostalgia for the Dodos, pre-acquired by Canal +, and The Devil and the Bicycle, shot in Lebanon and adapted from the eponymous short story by Tamara Saade. The film has won awards and screened at festivals around the world such as Clermont-Ferrand, Namur International Film Festival, Côté Court, BFI, Cinemed and El Gouna. In 2025 she was one of the four international directors selected for the Cannes workshop The Factory, and co-directed the Brazilian edition. Her film How to read the Wind premiered at Directors' Fortnight. She is currently working on her first feature film, Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour.