Short Film Competition Jury
In 2018, Amer released his first feature as a writer, director and Co-producer titled KISS ME NOT premiered at Arabian Nights at DIFF and toured the festival circuit including Shanghai Film Festival and Miami Film Festival.
His film writing credits include co-writer for WINTER OF DISCONTENT (Venice Orizzonti 2013). Amer’s ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM won several awards including the best actor prize at Dubai Film Festival 2016.
Amer co-wrote FEATHERS, the debut feature for director Omar El Zuhairy (Cannes Critics Week Grand Prize & Carthage Best Script Prize). Amer is currently developing two feature scripts one of which is HAMLET FROM THE SLUMS (Selected for Cannes Atelier 2022).
Born in Milan. In 1991 he enrolled in the Architecture Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano. Between 1994 and 1997 he attended Milan’s film school, CIVICA Scuola del Cinema, for which he produced video art installations and worked as a set designer for films and video clips.
His first feature IL DONO premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2003. His following film LE QUATTRO VOLTE (2010) was selected at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the Label Europa Cinema.
His 2021 film IL BUCO was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Special Jury Prize.
A French, Tunisian and Spanish actress, Rim Turki has played several leading parts, notably in SOLTANE EL MEDINA by Moncef Dhouib, LES HIRONDELLES NE MEURENT PAS À JÉRUSALEM by Rida Behi, KESWA by Kalthoum Bornaz for which she won the Best actress award at the 21st CIFF, BAB EL SHAMS by Yousry Nasrallah and more recently in MEMORY BOX by Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas which won the Best film of Horizons of Arab Cinema last year in Cairo.
Rim also co-wrote with Christophe de Ponfilly the script of his last movie, L’ÉTOILE DU SOLDAT. She lives in Paris where she works as a psychotherapist.