Monica Maurer

Monica Maurer is a German filmmaker and writer with a degree in Sociology and Communication Sciences. She did TV features, wrote for several newspapers, and was Assistant Director of SALOMÈ (1972), after which she started directing and producing films independently. In her projects, Monica focuses on political activism. All her films won awards and screened worldwide, including PALESTINE RED CRESCENT (’78), CHILDREN OF PALESTINE (’79), THE FIFTH WAR (‘80), BORN OUT OF DEATH (‘81), and PALESTINE IN FLAMES (‘88). Monica was a jury member in many festivals including Leipzig, Bilbao, Munich, and Santiago de Chile. She co-founded the Arab Documentary Film Festival, Al Ard, in Cagliari, and is also a board member of AAMOD, the archive of the labor movement in Rome, and is responsible for its Cineforum Palestina.