Majdi El-Omari
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Majdi El Omari is a Palestinian/Canadian filmmaker. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in filmmaking from the Cairo Institute of Cinema in Egypt, and a Master in Fine Arts in Film Production (MFA) from Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada. El Omari became a filmmaker, scriptwriter, producer, and editor. El Omari's short films d'auteur have been selected in several international festivals. They tell stories that grow out of the existential situation of individuals living in a world that excludes them. The focus is on their alienation, their desire to communicate, and their search for solace, as they confront political or social forces. Standstill was his debut feature film. El Omari lives between Haifa and Montreal. He is currently writing his next feature film 'The Woman of the Bees' while teaching fiction filmmaking at Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem.