Meryam Joobeur

Meryam Joobeur is a Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker. Her debut feature "Mé el Aïn" premiered in Competition at the 2024 Berlinale, winning 12 awards, including Best Director at HKIFF and the Grand Prize at Taipei IFF. Her short "Brotherhood" (2018) won Best Canadian Short at TIFF, was Oscar-nominated, and received 78 awards. She previously directed "Gods, Weeds and Revolutions" (2012) and "Born in the Maelstrom" (2017). She is also an alumna of the Berlinale Talents Lab from the 2015 edition.