Randa Ali
Directing
Biography
Randa Ali is a filmmaker working between Egypt and the USA. In 2024, her short film Mango, an exploration of loss and grief through a daughter-father relationship, was in the official competitions of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, Bilbao International Film Festival (ZINEB) and the Cairo International Film Festival. Mango was also awarded the WWF award at MedFilm Festival.For her film Kingdom of Strangers (2022), she was awarded the ARRI Franz Weiser grant. The film also received the Jury awards at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Cairo Int'l Shorts Film Festival and Beirut Shorts. Randa is a graduate of UCLA's Directing MFA program, where she was recipient of a full-ride scholarship offered to female filmmakers from the Arab world.
Known For
During a hot August in Cairo, Nadia struggles to mourn her estranged father and his mango tree.
Mango
On the Pacific coast of Los Angeles, Ali and Yaffa struggle to remember the Arab Mediterranean cities they have left behind.
Kingdom of Strangers
Two people develop a special connection at a farewell party in post-revolution Cairo.
If You Find Me in Cairo
Isolated in the loneliest office in town, bureaucrats at the ministry of loneliness spend their days answering calls from citizens suffering from isolation.