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Film Director, Producer and Actress
Country of origin
Switzerland

Director Aida Schlaepfer Alhassani, born in Baghdad in 1970 and based in Switzerland, is a filmmaker, producer, actress, and artist. She holds degrees in Accounting, Business Management, Art, and Media Design, and earned a master’s in film Directing. Aida directed the award-winning doc."Souls In Transit," which qualified for the 95th Academy Awards. She is founder and co-president of the IAFFZ (International Arab Film Festival Zurich) and has curated and programmed films at major international festivals. She is a member of Swiss, Egyptian, and Iraqi filmmakers’ associations & Egyptian critics.

Festivals

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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