Mahdi Fleifel

Mahdi Fleifel
Mahdi Fleifel
Born	Dubai
Nationality	Danish
Alma mater	National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2003 – present
Website	http://nakbafilmworks.com

Mahdi Fleifel (born 25 October 1979 at Dubai) is a Danish-Palestinian film director. Often examining themes of social injustice, Fleifel's films largely convey the struggles of Palestinians in exile.

Mahdi Fleifel was raised in the refugee camp Ein el-Helweh in Lebanon and later in a suburb of Helsingør in Denmark. In 2009, he graduated from the National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. In 2010, he set up the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks.^[1]

His debut feature documentary, A World Not Ours, picked up several awards.^[2] His short film, A Man Returned, won the Silver Bear and the European Film Nomination at the Berlinale and his film, A Drowning Man, was in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2017.^[3]