Assia Lakhlif

Raised in New York, Moroccan born filmmaker Assia Lakhlif is a writer and director with a background in Fine Arts. Her award-winning films have been presented at Cannes, ArteEast, Dubai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, and the Bushwick Film Festival among others. Her photos and gallery-based video work has been featured at MoMa, LACMA, Art Dubai, The London Festival, Mahatat Collective Egypt, and the Maraya Art Center in Sharjah. Lakhlif received her BFA in Visual Arts from The Cooper Union, and her MFA in Film and Video from CalArts in 2008. She's a professor teaching film production and theory courses in New York City and leads after school programs focusing on art and film curricula in Brooklyn public schools as well as community outreach and exchange.