REEM MORSI, Ms. [email protected] AWARD WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Toronto: +1647 217 5336 EDUCATION/TRAINING/SHADOWING Director Shadowing on Kim’s Convenience June 2019 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television: Women Director’s Apprenticeship Program: Director Shadowing on “The Handmaid’s Tale” 2017/2018 Canadian Film Centre: Cineplex Directors Lab July 2015-May 2016 Master of Arts (MA) in Filmmaking 2009-11 London Film School, UK: Awarded Chevening Scholarship/British Council/UK FCO Office ​ Master of Legal Studies (LLM) in Comparative European & International Law 2000/02 European University Institute, ITALY: Awarded a scholarship by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ​ Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on International Relations 1998 ​ The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt FILMOGRAPHY Director “Queen Tut” Feature Film (Fae Pictures) Currently IN DEVELOPMENT Director “Trust” AKA “The Last Mark” Feature Film (Gearshift Films) Fall 2020 Writer/Director/Producer “Hysteria” Feature Film (Scarab Films Inc.) In post production Telefilm Talent to Watch Program Writer/Director “My Perfect Landing” (TV Series) (1 episode) March-June 2019 ​ ​ - Sarah's Bet (2020) ​ ​ Writer/Director “Bootleg” Feature project (RT 90 MIN) Currently IN DEVELOPMENT ​ ​ Nipkow Berlin Script Writing Residency “Bootleg”, Berlin Oct-Dec 2018 ​ REALNESS PAN AFRICAN SCREENWRITING RESIDENCY, South Africa June-July 2018 Writer/Director “Bootleg” Feature project ​ ​ AWARDED Scriptwriting Funding/San Francisco Film Society (Expected RT: 90:00) March 2016-in development Writer/Director “Bootleg” short (excerpt from the feature) ​ ​ London Worldwide Film Festival: Best Canadian Short & Participated at other film festivals ​ st Writer/Director “Show & Tell” Winner 1 ​ Place, BravoFact/WIFT-T Pitch (RT: 10:00) March-July 2016 ​ ​ ​ Writer/Director “Show & Tell” FINALIST, MPPIA Award/Whistler Film Festival December 2015 Yorkton Film Festival May 2017 Winner Best Short Subject Winner Best Emerging Filmmaker Winner Best Director 1 Reem Morsi +1 647 217 5336 [email protected] Women’s Indie Film Festival 2017 Central Florida Film Festival 2017 (NOMINATED -- BEST FOREIGN PROJECT) Southampton Film Festival UK 2017 (NOMINATED BEST SHORT, BEST SCREENPLAY) Toronto Independent Film Festival 2017 Austin Film Festival 2017 (NOMINATED BEST SHORT FILM) Writer/Director “The Door”, Canadian Film Centre Short Dramatic Film (RT: 19:30) May 2016 ​ ​ WIFT SHOWCASE 2018: Winner Best Screenplay & Audience Choice Award April 2018 ​ Yorkton Film Festival: Winner Best Drama May 2017 ​ CASCADIA & MOSAIC & Whistler Film Festivals Dec 2016-April 2018 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ROBERT BOSCH STIFTUNG Writer/Director Award nominee/finalist for “LIPS” AKA “Bootleg” & “Checkpoint” & “Mango” 2013/2014/2015 Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin International Film Festival (Germany) Feb 2012 ​ ​ Producer/Director/Writer, ‘Their Feast’, short film (Cairo, Egypt) (RT: 21:00) April 2011 BBC Aan Korb Film & Documentary Film Festival, ‘Their Feast’ London, UK Nov 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, ‘Their Feast’, Short Cuts Competition (Toronto) Sept 2012 Cannes International Film Festival, ‘Their Feast’, Short Film Corner (France) May 2012 BBC alternative cinema 2013 Florence Film Festival 2013 & Cinesud Film Festival 2014 BC Nurses’ Union, “Awareness videos on Nurse Addiction in BC”, ​ Cinematographer, Director Oct/Dec 2012 Producer/Writer/Filmmaker, Anti-Trafficking in Egypt, IOM (Egypt) Feb-March 2012 ​ Consultant/Filmmaker, Combating Violence Against Women & Children, USAID 2011- 2012 ​ Designer Challenge, Malibu Productions, Writer/Director (Vancouver) Aug 2012 ​ Producer/Writer/Filmmaker, Anti-Trafficking in Egypt, IOM (Egypt) (RT: 15:00) Feb-March 2012 ​ Producer/Consultant/Filmmaker, Combating Violence Against Women & Children, USAID (RT:15) 2011- 2012 ​ Cast Member, ‘Us & Them’, Headlines Theatre (Vancouver) Sept/Nov 2011 ​ Director/Writer/Producer, ‘Birth’, short film. Winner at Gene Screen Competition (Vancouver) August 2011 ​ (RT: 07:00) Director/Producer/Creator, ‘Visa’, short independent film (UK) (RT: 30:00) Feb 2011 ​ Director/Videographer: Vlog for MLA Sam Sullivan & The Future Gate Company Summer 2014 Fixer/local Producer/German Crew, “City of Sound”, Cairo, Egypt Summer 2013 Production Manager, “Asphalt” Feature Documentary Summer 2013 ​ Writer, Director, Cinematographer (One Woman Crew) ‘Nostalgia’ (RT: 10:00) 2015 ​ Women in Film Festival/Vancouver Other Film Crew Experience: Producer, ‘The Crack’, short film, London Film School (London, UK) Sept/Nov 2010 ​ ​ ​ Editor & Gaffer, ‘If you have no place to cry’, the London Film School (London, UK) June/July 2010 ​ ​ ​ Director, ‘Dishonor’, documentary on forced marriage in the UK (London, UK) Fall-Spring 2009 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Director/Script writer/Editor, ‘My super-heroine’, London Film School (London, UK) Fall-Spring 2009 ​ Camera Operator, ‘Reflections’ and ‘A Bite to Remember’ (London, UK) Fall-Spring 2009 ​ ​ ​ Director/Editor/Cinematographer/Producer, ‘Tattoo’, Lebanese/Syrian Border Fall-Spring 2008 ​ Camera Operator, ‘Reflections’ and ‘A Bite to Remember’ (London, UK) Fall-Spring 2009 ​ ​ ​ 2 Reem Morsi +1 647 217 5336 [email protected] 3 Reem Morsi +1 647 217 5336 [email protected] .