Ameer Fakher Eldin (born 1991) is a film director currently based in Germany.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. He is known for his feature films The Stranger (2021) and Yunan (2025).
Biography He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Lebanese and Syrian expatriate parents from the Golan Heights.
His feature directorial debut, The Stranger (al-Gharīb), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori program at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.Kaleem Aftab, "Review: The Stranger". Cineuropa, 10 September 2021. The film, the first in a planned trilogy of films about people from the Arabic world living in exile,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. was selected as the Palestinian submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.Jessica Kiang, "‘The Stranger’ Review: Glowering, Gorgeously Shot Parable of Occupation and Oppression in the Golan Heights". Variety, 29 November 2021.
Yunan, the second film in the trilogy, premiered in February 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.Lee Marshall, "‘Yunan’ review: Enigmatic second film in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s ‘Homeland’ trilogy". Screen Daily, 19 February 2025.
Filmography YearEnglish TitleOriginal Title2015Between Two DeathsBayna Mawtayn2017Voicemail Barid Sawti2021The Strangerالغريب2025Yunan يونان
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