A Bit About Me

Fatima AlBanawi is a Saudi actress, director and writer. She was selected by Time Magazine as part of its Young Generation Leaders list in 2018 for her unique storytelling ventures about the Saudi society in Jeddah in her project The Other Story. Fatima received international acclaim for her leading role in Barakah Meets Barakah that marks the first Saudi feature film to screen at Berlinale and was Saudi Arabia’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Her most recent works in 2020 include the Egyptian series Paranormal that premiered on Netflix, and Shahid’s Saudi drama Al-Shak (2020) that she also co-wrote and co-directed.
Earlier in 2020, Red Sea International Film Festival selected her feature film project Basma for a joint program held in collaboration with Torino Film Lab to develop films. The festival also funded her short film project Until We See Light as part of the collective project, Becoming, that brings together films by five Saudi women directors in one feature that focuses on the Saudi women’s life.

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RESUME

film
  • Development Stage
  • Screenwriter
  • Development Stage
  • 2020
film
  • Champions
  • Secondary Role: Nada
  • Production Stage
  • 2020
film
  • Basma
  • Screenwriter/ Director
  • Development Stage
  • 2020
film
  • Roll'em
  • Special Guest: Sophie
  • VOX Cinema, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 2018
film
  • Barakah Meets Barakah
  • Star (Bibi)
  • World Premier: Berlinale, Berlin
  • 2016
film
  • Until We See Light
  • Screenwriter/Director
  • Prem: Red Sea Film Festival
  • 2020
film
  • Going South
  • Star (Aya)
  • Prem: Clermont Ferrand Festival du Court Métrage
  • 2018
film
  • A Blink of an Eye
  • Lead Performer/Writer
  • Arab World Cinema Festival, Paris
  • 2018
television
  • Hareem Naeem (Shahid)
  • Screenwriter/Lead (Amaal)
  • Pre-production
  • 2020
television
  • Al-Shak (Shahid)
  • Screenwriter/Lead (Samar), Director/Associate Producer
  • Premiered on Shahid.net
  • 2020
television
  • Paranormal (Netflix)
  • Special Guest (Narges)
  • Production Stage
  • 2019
television
  • Om AlQalayid (MBC)
  • Lead Role (Alia)
  • Production Stage
  • 2019
television
  • Bashar Series (Theatre Episode)
  • Lead Role (Latifa)
  • OSN Channel/Abu Dhabi TV
  • 2017
theater
  • The Straight Circle
  • Director/Lead Role (Rouh)
  • Art Season, Historic Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019
theater
  • Theatre of the Oppressed
  • Co-Actor/Co-Director/Co-Writer for several social plays based on the Augusto Boal Forum Theatre Method
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  • 2012 – 2015
live-events
  • Inside/Out
  • Solo with the Public/Director
  • Hafez Gallery
  • 2019
live-events
  • On the Seat Next to You
  • Performer/Director/Writer
  • Local cafes (IT + Meraki)
  • 2019
live-events
  • Amours Saoudiennes
  • Solo/Director/Writer
  • Palais de Tokyo’s Do Disturb Festival
  • 2018
live-events
  • I Am You
  • Performer/Director/Writer
  • Flow Exhibition (Hafez Gallery & Banafsajeel)
  • 2017