Meryam Joobeur
Meryam Joobeur is an Academy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer based in Montréal. Her short films Gods, Weeds and Revolutions (2013) and Born in the Maelstrom (2017) were screened in dozens of national and international festivals. Her short Brotherhood (2018), a co-production between Canada and Tunisia, won over 75 international prizes, was screened in 150+ festivals, and was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Live Action short” (a first for a Tunisian film). Her first feature Who Do I Belong To (2024) premiered in official selection at the 74th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. She is an alumnus of the TIFF talent lab, Rawi Screenwriters Lab, Berlinale Talent Lab, and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.