Mehdi Fikri

Mehdi Fikri (he/him) worked for years as a journalist, during which time he made several investigations into police brutality, working-class neighbourhoods and social movements. In 2012, he directed a Mediapart web documentary, "Chronique d'une (r)évolution manquée", his first step into the audiovisual world. He went on to work as a screenwriter on TV series (Hippocrate by Thomas Lilti, and Miskina by Melha Bedia), and directed two shorts, one of which, Descente 4AM, screened at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival. AFTER THE FIRE is his feature film debut.