Abdulrahman Al Madani

Abdulrahman Al Madani is an Emirati filmmaker born in Dubai. He began making films in 2012 with the student documentary, The Gamboo3a Revolution (2012), which won several awards. He then shifted to narrative filmmaking with the silent film Guilt (2013) and the anti bullying drama Nagafa (2014). He received a filmmaking diploma from New York Film Academy in 2015. His thesis film, Beshkara (2015), tackles domestic worker rights. In 2019, he was a recipient of Sharjah Art Foundation Production Grant for his short drama Laymoon (2019). His latest film, The Monster (2021), sheds light on domestic violence.