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Ala Hemdan

Ala Hemdan آلاء حمدان born in 6 April 1989 is a Jordanian Filmmaker, Visual Storyteller and photographer of Palestinian origin. Co-founder of (At Films) production company.

Early life

Born in Jerusalem to Palestinian parents where she lived her early years, then she moved with her family to Jordan where she studied her bachelor degree.

Education

Ala specialized in the Spanish language, and received a scholarship in 2012 to attend the University of Granada, then she studied film making and graduated from New York Film Academy in Florence and New York City afterwards.

Career

She is the Co-founder At Films which is a full-service independent media production and training company. She has won awards for her short films and PSAs. She is also a jury member in several film festivals. Some of her work was viewed more than 5 Million times on socials media. Her work focuses on uplifting and humanitarian causes such as child labor, domestic violence...ect. Ala presents a TV/Youtube series titled Cinerama. It gives basic tools for people interested in filmmaking.

Ala is also the brand ambassador of Royal Jordanian.

Awards & Achievements

She participated in many national and international photography competitions,

Humanitarian field

Ala is active in the humanitarian field in Jordan, Turkey and Niger. Through her lens she documents her experiences. Ala is a co-creator of a book titled Muslims of the World, telling inspiring stories from Muslims around the globe. The book is competing as a NY Best Seller 2018.

Social media

Ala has 1.4M+ followers on social media. With more than 1 million follower on Instagram.

Sources:

https://www.ugr.university/

https://www.nyfa.edu/florence/