Ameer Fakher Eldin
Ameer Fakher Eldin | |
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Eldin in 2026 | |
| Born | December 1991 (age 34) |
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| Years active | 2015 - present |
Ameer Fakher Eldin (born 1991) is a Syrian film director currently based in Germany.[1] He is known for his feature films The Stranger (2021) and Yunan (2025).
Biography
He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian expatriate parents from the Golan Heights.[1] He directed a number of short films, including Between Two Deaths (Bayna Mawtayn) and Voicemail (Barid Sawti) in the 2010s.
His feature directorial debut, The Stranger (al-Gharīb), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori program at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[2] The film, the first in a planned trilogy of films about people from the Arabic world living in exile,[3] was selected as the Palestinian submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[4]
Yunan, the second film in the trilogy, premiered in February 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]
Filmography
| Year | English Title | Original Title |
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| 2015 | Between Two Deaths | Bayna Mawtayn |
| 2017 | Voicemail | Barid Sawti |
| 2021 | The Stranger | الغريب |
| 2025 | Yunan | يونان |
References
- ^ a b Nick Vivarelli, "Ameer Fakher Eldin on Directing Hanna Schygulla in Berlin Competition Title ‘Yunan’: ‘You Feel That She’s Really True to Herself’". Variety, 16 February 2025.
- ^ Kaleem Aftab, "Review: The Stranger". Cineuropa, 10 September 2021.
- ^ Iain Akerman, "Ameer Fakher Eldin: ‘I was cut off from my culture. Now I’m making films with all the Arab world’". Arab News, 24 April 2025.
- ^ Jessica Kiang, "‘The Stranger’ Review: Glowering, Gorgeously Shot Parable of Occupation and Oppression in the Golan Heights". Variety, 29 November 2021.
- ^ Lee Marshall, "‘Yunan’ review: Enigmatic second film in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s ‘Homeland’ trilogy". Screen Daily, 19 February 2025.