Residents 2017
The Film Residency

Panos Aprahamian is a writer and filmmaker based in Beirut.

Aida El-Kashef is a film director and producer, and Executive Director of Ganoub Film for production and distribution based in Cairo. 

Pia Hellenthal is a Cologne & Berlin based filmmaker working in fiction and documentary.

Ismaël has worked as cameraman, sound recorder, editor, screenwriter, producer and director on around twenty art videos, video installations and films. 

Philip Widmann graduated in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Hamburg and in Visual Communications from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. 

Mahassine El Hachadi ist eine junge marokkanische Filmemacherin, die in Marrakesch, Marokko, lebt und arbeitet. 

Sarah grew up in Beirut and graduated from IESAV (Universite Saint Joseph Beirut
 

Mohamed Rashad is cofounder of Hassala Films.