Amjad Abu Alala

About

Amjad Abu Alala is a Sudanese director and producer, born and currently residing in the UAE. He studied media at Emirates University and worked as a documentary director with various media institutions for Arab and Western channels. He’s made many short films that have screened at different film festivals, including TINA, COFFEE AND ORANGES, BIRDS FEATHERS, and STUDIO, which was supervised by Abbas Kiarostami. In 2013, he received the Best Arabic Theater Script award from the Arab Authority for Theater for APPLE PIES. He participated in the Film Narrative Lab with Doha Film Institute and made five short films. He is currently head of the programming committee for the Sudan Independent Film Festival. He most recently directed and produced the film YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which won Lion of the Future at Venice International Film Festival.