About

Ali Kareem Obaid, born in 1984, is an Iraqi/German screenwriter and director. Member of the European Film Academy.  In 2011 he graduated as theater director from the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University, Iraq. Afterwards he came to Germany as DAAD scholarship student. In 2016 he completed his master "Choreography and Performance" at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies at Gießen University. His short films has been screened on many prestigious film festivals all around the world. Ali Kareem works as a film advisor and in selection committees of film festivals for example for the Arab Film Festival San Francisco, and InterFilm Berlin (Oscar qualifying). He also works as script consultant for Saudi Film Festival in Dammam. Ali was a jury member at Atlanta Film Festival in USA 2020 (Oscar qualifying) and Malmö Arab Film Festival Film Festival 2024. In 2023 Ali was selected as a director and screenwriter for Berlinale Talents program in Berlin.