Ameer Fakher Eldin

Biography

Born in Kyiv in 1991, Ameer Fakher Eldin is a writer and director of Syrian and Lebanese origin from the occupied Golan Heights, now based in Germany. His debut feature The Stranger premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Edipo Re Award, and was later selected as Palestine’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. The film went on to receive major recognition at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, winning the Shadi Abd El S…