AMJAD ABU ALALA

Jury Member

Amjad Abu Alala is a Sudanese filmmaker and screenwriter. He studied media at the United Arab Emirates University. As a producer and director, he helmed numerous short films that participated in various festivals, including Coffee and Orange (2004), Feathers of the Birds (2005), and Teena (2009). His film Studio (2012) was supervised by celebrated director Abbas Kiarostami. His feature film You Will Die at Twenty (2019) won the Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis award at the 76th Venice Film Festival, and El Gouna Golden Star for Narrative Film at the 3rd edition of El Gouna Film Festival, in addition to over 15 awards from international festivals. Abu Alala is currently Head of the Programming Committee at the Sudan Independent Film Festival. He is also producing a number of feature films with his Sudan-based production company, Station Films.

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