Emily Atef

Emily Atef born 6 May 1973 Berlin is a German filmmaker based in Berlin At the age of 7 Atef moved from Berlin to Los Angeles with her FrenchIranian parents and her brother the drummer Cyril Atef She was 13 when they moved to France where Atef finished school and later she went to London to work as an actor in the London theater scene Atef returned to Berlin to study film direction at the prestigious Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin Her first featurelength film Mollys Way which like her 2 following feature films was coauthored by Esther Bernstorff received an advancement award at the Filmfest München film festival Munich in 2005 for best script and the Grand Jury Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival the only AFestival in South America as well as several other awards Her second featurelength film The Stranger in Me which deals with a young mother having postnatal depression also received several awards and was screened at the International Critics Week of the Cannes Film Festival In 2017 Emily Atef wrote and directed the feature film 3 Days in Quiberon It depicts 3 emotional days of one of Europes biggest stars Romy Schneider where she gave her last German interview to Stern magazine 3 Days in Quiberon had its world premiere in the competition section of the 68 Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear 3 Days in Quiberon was the big winner at the German Academy Awards in 2018 taking home seven Lolas In 2022 her film More Than Ever starring Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel was shown in the section Un certain regard at the 75th Cannes Film Festival