2023

Steffi Niederzoll was born in 1981 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. She is a director and writer and is known for her films Seven Winters in Tehran (2023), Lea (2008), and Ein Sommer Lang (2006).

Majdi El Omari is a Palestinian/Canadian filmmaker. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in filmmaking from the Cairo Institute of Cinema in Egypt and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Film Production from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. After working in the Middle East as an assistant director and production manager on various feature and documentary films, El Omari became a filmmaker, scriptwriter, producer, and editor. El Omari’s short films d’auteur have been selected in several international festivals.