Mahdi Fleifel is a Palestinian-Danish director who graduated from NFTS in the UK. In 2012, his first feature-length documentary, A World Not Ours, premiered at TIFF and won around thirty awards (Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, DOC:NYC). He took part in the Cinéfondation in 2013, and subsequently directed several short films: “A Man Returned” (Silver Bear 2016 EFA nomination), “A Drowning Man” (Cannes, Bafta nominated), and “I Signed The Petition” (IDFA award and EFA nomination).