Maha Al-Saati
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Maha Al-Saati is an independent filmmaker interested in exploring women's stories in the Arab World. She is also an honorary recipient of the TIFF Filmmaker Lab Fellowship 2020- Share Her Journey Award 2020/2021 and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) residency 2021. Her short films include: "Fear: Audibly" (2017) and "Hair: The Story of Grass" (2018) is an official selection of Fantastic Fest 2018, Slamdance 2019, HollyShorts 2019, nominated New Filmmakers LA Best International Short Film Drama. Her "Cycle of Apples" (2019) has screened at The Academy's Arab Cinema Program 2019, Malmo Arab Film Festival and Mizna Arab Festival. Her feature project "Hejj to Disney" (now known as Pilgrim in Wonderland) has been developed with the Red Sea Lodge and TorinoFilmLab 2019, and won a development awards from El-Gouna Film Festival 2020 and Red Sea Fund 2022, and shortlisted for funding by the Malmo Arab Film Festival 2020, and selected for the pitch at Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) Marché 2022. Her feature project "From the West the Sun will Rise" was developed with the TIFF Writers' Studio 2021.