Mahdi Fleifel was raised in the refugee camp
Ein el-Helweh in Lebanon and later in a suburb of
Helsingør in Denmark. In 2009, he graduated from the
National Film and Television School at
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. In 2010, he set up the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks. His debut feature documentary,
A World Not Ours, picked up several awards. His short film,
A Man Returned, won the Silver Bear and the European Film Nomination at the
Berlinale and his film,
A Drowning Man, was in the Official Selection at the
Cannes Film Festival 2017. ==Filmography==