Film producer Cat Villiers and her company Autonomous have produced, executive produced and co-produced many films around the world. Films from the MENA region include In the Shadow of a Man by Hanan, Narrow Frame of Midnight by Tala Hadid, and In the Last Days of the City by Tamer El Said. Cat is a Trustee of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation, a UK charitable trust that supports new directorial talent and other cultural initiatives from around the world. Among other awards Cat has been given the prestigious Heart of Sarajevo for her services to the art of cinema.