Joseph Fahim is an Egyptian film critic, programmer, and lecturer. He is the Arab delegate of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, a former member of Berlin Critics’ Week, the curator of the 2018 Safar Film Festival in London, and ex-director of programming of the Cairo International Film Festival. He co-authored various books on Arab cinema and has contributed to numerous online outlets in the Middle East, including Middle East Eye, Middle East Institute, Al Monitor and Al Jazeera. To date, his writings have been published in six different languages. He also works as a script consultant for various institutions and production companies around the globe.