Assia Lakhlif
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Assia Lakhlif is a screenwriter and director with a background in Fine Arts. Her award-winning films have been presented at Cannes Film Festival, MEIFF, ArteEast, Dubai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, and the Bushwick Film Festival among others. Her gallery-based video work and photography has been featured at MoMa, LACMA, Art Dubai, The London Festival, Mahatat Collective, and the Maraya Art Foundation in Sharjah. She's also served as a jury member in several international film festivals. Lakhlif received her BFA in Visual Arts from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2005 and her MFA in Film from CalArts in 2008. She's a professor teaching film theory/history, international cinema and production courses in New York and Los Angeles.