WRITER

Writer · Filmmaker · Paris · London · Brussels

Alfares
Al Jabir

About
American-Dutch writer of Iraqi origin, working across Arabic, French, and English. Fiction, screenplay, and film — stories rooted in the intersections of identity, memory, and displacement. Prize-winning author, Festival Nikon filmmaker, Cannes screenplay finalist. Currently completing dual final-year degrees at Sorbonne Nouvelle and Université de Lille.
Languages
English · French · Arabic
Native — all three
Spanish B2 · Portuguese B1
Based
Paris · London · Brussels
Available — 2hrs from all three
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Films & Scripts

2025

Homme Sauvage

Short film. Written, directed and produced in collaboration with major French production partners. Selected for Festival Nikon 2025 — one of France's leading short film competitions.

Short Film Writer · Director · Producer Festival Nikon 2025
Watch Film
Official Selection
Festival Nikon
2025
2024

Cette Odeur

Short film — written, directed, produced and acted in. Winner of the Gold Prize (1st place) at Mashup Culture 2nd Edition, held at Mediawan, Paris. Juried under patronage of the Commission Nationale Française pour l'UNESCO.

Short Film Writer · Director · Producer · Actor UNESCO Patronage
See Award
🏆 Gold — 1st Prize
Mashup Culture
Festival Mediawan
€1,000
2024

Kadhafi

Feature screenplay. Selected for the Cineverse Cannes Screenplay Competition 2024 — an international competition run alongside the Cannes Film Festival for emerging screenwriters.

Feature Screenplay Cineverse · Cannes
Selected
Cineverse Cannes
Screenplay Competition
02

Literary Awards

1st
2024

Alhajraf Award for Best Short Story

Cold Coffee
Prize value: KWD 5,000
2nd
2024

Al Baghli Award

16 Minutes
Second place — Short Fiction
LG
2024

New Zealand Short Story Award

Peter Pan Doesn't Fly in Baghdad
Longlisted — International
1st
2024

Mashup Culture Gold Prize

Cette Odeur
Mediawan · UNESCO · €1,000
Top 10
Pre-2022

Prix Falah — Short Fiction (U18)

Sur la rue du Golfe
National — Kuwait — Top 10 Pre-University
SEL
2024

Cineverse Cannes — Selected Script

Kadhafi
International Screenplay Competition
03

Current Projects

Short Film · Drama

Project Title

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In Development
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Feature · Thriller

Project Title

Your logline goes here — one or two sentences. The world, the character, the stakes. Keep it tight and specific to your voice.

Script Complete
02
Short Fiction · Arabic

Project Title

Your logline goes here — one or two sentences. The world, the character, the stakes. Keep it tight and specific to your voice.

Seeking Publisher
03
TV Series · Drama

Project Title

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Pitching
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CV

Education

Master — Linguistique, Littérature & Cinéma
Université de Lille · Final Year
2023–2025
Licence — Théâtre
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle · Final Year
2022–2025
Licence — Linguistique & Littérature
Université de Lille
2019–2022

Industry Experience

Script Editor & Production Intern
VOFFLA (US) · Script editing, scenario development, audiovisual production, translation
2024

Languages

EnglishNative
FrenchNative
ArabicNative
SpanishB2
PortugueseB1

Writing & Film Credits

Homme Sauvage
Short Film · Writer, Director, Producer · Festival Nikon
2025
Cette Odeur
Short Film · Writer, Director, Producer, Actor · Gold Prize Mashup Culture
2024
Kadhafi
Feature Screenplay · Cineverse Cannes — Selected
2024
Cold Coffee
Short Story · Alhajraf Award, 1st Prize — KWD 5,000
2024
16 Minutes
Short Story · Al Baghli Award, 2nd Place
2024
Peter Pan Doesn't Fly in Baghdad
Short Story · New Zealand Short Story Award — Longlisted
2024
Sur la rue du Golfe
Short Story · Prix Falah (U18) — National Top 10, Kuwait
Pre-2022

Let's
Make
Things.

Available for commissions, co-writing, script consultancy, and development conversations across English, French, and Arabic.

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