Camilla Magid

Camilla Magid is an award-winning documentary filmmaker born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied film at the University of Copenhagen, attended the Film school SUPER 16 and studied Arabic Language and Culture at the Royal Danish Defense College. From this platform she made her first documentary, The Black Lines (2006), shot in Syria. She has since made several documentaries in from all corners of the world. Her previous film ”Land of the Free” (2017), about people being released from prison in the USA, won the Nordic competition at CPH:DOX and was shown at IDFA, Karlovy Vary, Telluride among others festivals.