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 Salam Prize for Best Film and the Best Arab Film Award, and was further honored at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, where it won Best Cinematography and earned a nomination for Best Director.
In 2025, his second feature Yunan premiered in the main competition of the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. The film continued its international trajectory with major awards, including Best Director and Best Actor at the Red Sea International Film Festival, the Arab Critics Award for European Films (Best Film), and the Golden Firebird awards for Best Actor and Best Actress at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Most recently, Fakher Eldin served as a jury member at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival for Short Films in Competition.devamını oku
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