Lina Soualem is a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress. After studying history and political science at La Sorbonne University in Paris, she started working as a journalist and a programmer in film festivals, looking to combine her passions for cinema and the study of contemporary Arab societies. After working as a programmer at the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Soualem moved back to Paris where she is now based. She worked as a programmer for the Palest’In&Out Contemporary Art Festival in Paris. She acted in 3 feature films and currently works on film and documentary projects as a director, writer, and assistant director.