Mahdi Fleifel
# Mahdi Fleifel

Mahdi Fleifel (born 25 October 1979 at Dubai) is a Danish-Palestinian film director.

## Biography

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.

His debut feature documentary, A World Not Ours, picked up several awards. 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.

## Filmography

| Year | Title |
| - | - |
| 2012 | A World Not Ours |
| 2014 | Xenos (short film) |
| 2015 | 20 Handshakes for Peace (short film) |
| 2016 | A Man Returned (short film) |
| 2017 | A Drowning Man (short film) |
| 2018 | I Signed the Petition (short film) |
| 2020 | 3 Logical Exits (short film) |
