hello

My name is May Ziadé and I’m a French and Lebanese filmmaker and filmworker* based in London, UK.

I write, direct and produce short films.

Browse the website to learn more about my latest short Neo Nahda (a short coming-of-age film that deals with queer and feminist histories of the Middle East, the process of browsing and rediscovering lost archives, and how these can be a portal for the imagination and the realm of inner projections - how they can produce meaning beyond historical truths.) Mrs El Araby (a micro short experimental film that explores the space within which Arab women are allowed to exist in Western Media) and some more writing.

I produce shorts as part of the company I co-founded Other People’s Films. More about that here.

*to earn a living, I have worked WITH various production teams, in various capacities. currently i am working as a post production coordinator in film & tv More on that in my cv!