Reem Morsi
Director
ON - Ontario District Council
Reem Morsi worked as a professional scuba diving & human rights officer prior to becoming a filmmaker.
Morsi's feature film script, Bootleg, received a scriptwriting grant from the San Francisco Film Society (2016) & won the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award at the Toronto Screenwriters Conference in 2017. Following that, Reem & Bootleg participated at Realness Pan African Screenwriting Residency (Summer 2018) & the Berlinale Residency at Nipkow 2018. and is invited to participate at Cannes Film Festival's La Fabrique Des Cinémas Du Monde May 2019.
Morsi's film credits include THEIR FEAST (2012 TIFF, BBC, Cine Sud), NOSTALGIA (2015 \u2013 WIFTV), THE DOOR (Whistler, 2016 & Best Drama at 2017 Yorkton Film Festival, Audience Choice Award & Best Screenplay at WIFT Showcase 2018), SHOW & TELL (2016), which won the WIFT/BravoFact pitch competition & Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director, Best Short Subject & Best Emerging Director (Yorkton Film Festival, 2017). Reem has also won the Canadian National Genre Competition by WIFTV for her story 'Fish'.
Morsi has participated in the Berlinale Talents & Script Station (2012 & Bootleg 2018) & TIFF (2016) Talent Labs, CFC's Directors' & WIDC Director's labs in 2014/2015. Women in View Director Shadowing & Directing lab on Dino Dana. Reem received the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Director Apprenticeship & shadowed on the Handmaid's Tale. Morsi is a recipient of the Telefilm Canada Talent to Watch feature film micro-budget grant for her feature script HATE and is planning to shoot her first feature in mid 2019.
Morsi's feature film script, Bootleg, received a scriptwriting grant from the San Francisco Film Society (2016) & won the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award at the Toronto Screenwriters Conference in 2017. Following that, Reem & Bootleg participated at Realness Pan African Screenwriting Residency (Summer 2018) & the Berlinale Residency at Nipkow 2018. and is invited to participate at Cannes Film Festival's La Fabrique Des Cinémas Du Monde May 2019.
Morsi's film credits include THEIR FEAST (2012 TIFF, BBC, Cine Sud), NOSTALGIA (2015 \u2013 WIFTV), THE DOOR (Whistler, 2016 & Best Drama at 2017 Yorkton Film Festival, Audience Choice Award & Best Screenplay at WIFT Showcase 2018), SHOW & TELL (2016), which won the WIFT/BravoFact pitch competition & Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director, Best Short Subject & Best Emerging Director (Yorkton Film Festival, 2017). Reem has also won the Canadian National Genre Competition by WIFTV for her story 'Fish'.
Morsi has participated in the Berlinale Talents & Script Station (2012 & Bootleg 2018) & TIFF (2016) Talent Labs, CFC's Directors' & WIDC Director's labs in 2014/2015. Women in View Director Shadowing & Directing lab on Dino Dana. Reem received the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Director Apprenticeship & shadowed on the Handmaid's Tale. Morsi is a recipient of the Telefilm Canada Talent to Watch feature film micro-budget grant for her feature script HATE and is planning to shoot her first feature in mid 2019.
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