Marwan Hmam

Marwan Hmam is a filmmaker, film editor, and festival programmer from Beni Suef, Egypt, currently based in Cairo. He founded Maydoum Films, an audiovisual production project focused on telling Egyptian stories from outside the center. He is pursuing a BA in Film Editing at the High Cinema Institute and studying Film Distribution and Programming at the Jesuit Industry Academy. He previously studied Film and Media Studies at Swarthmore College in the United States before continuing his education in Egypt. His work focuses on experimental and artistic cinema, exploring personal stories, unspoken emotions, memory, place, identity, and human relationships. His first directed short film, RUSSIA, shot on Super 8mm film and produced with Maydoum Films and Two.Five, won the Audience Choice Award at the second edition of the Two.Five Program. Alongside his independent filmmaking practice, Marwan works as an editor at WSKRS Studio and collaborates on independent film projects with editors Sara Abdallah and Adham Yehia. He continues to develop projects that explore personal and collective experiences through cinema.