Amel Guellaty
At FIJA
2026
- Pass Culture Award for Where the Wind Comes From
- Director · Where the Wind Comes From
Biography
Born in Tunis in 1988, Amel Guellaty is a filmmaker, screenwriter and photographer. After studying law at the Sorbonne in Paris, she began her career as an assistant director on films by Olivier Assayas (Something in the Air), Raja Amari and Abdellatif Kechiche. Her short film Black Mamba (2017) screened at over sixty international festivals and won fifteen awards. Where the Wind Comes From is her feature debut.
