Nadia Fares Director & Screenwriter

Nadia Fares is an internationally
award-winning director known for exceptional performances and emotionally powerful films where personal stories collide with social and political realities.

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Working across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, Nadia Fares is drawn to character-driven dramas, psychological thrillers, and family stories. Influenced by her Swiss-Egyptian heritage and documentary background, she explores themes of identity, race, power, belonging, and resilience through deeply human characters. Her films are distinguished by complex female protagonists who challenge inherited norms, resist patriarchy, and forge their own paths to freedom. Bold yet intimate, her storytelling reveals the universal within the deeply personal.

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