Mayye Mohamed Zayed Zayan

Mayye Mohamed Zayed Zayan or known as Mayye Zayed is an independent filmmaker and a video artist who was born in 1985 in Alexandria. She studied Communications & Electronics Engineering and graduated from Alexandria University in 2008. Then she attended many filmmaking workshops including the one year filmmaking workshop held at Jesuits Cultural Centre in Alexandria in 2009/2010. She works now as a freelance filmmaker, videographer and editor in Egypt. Currently she's studying Cinema and Media studies in Wellesely College in the US as a part of fulbright FLTA scholarship for 2011/2012.

Exhibitions
Girls' Talk:
Nov. 2010 - Jesuits Cultural Center in Alexandria, Egypt
Nov. 2010 - ZINC in Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille, France
Dec. 2010 - Badrakhan Bookshop & Cine Club in Cairo, Egypt
Feb. 2011 - LES Film Festival in NYC, USA (Official Selection)
Mar. 2011 - Alhambra Cinema in Marseille, France
Mar. 2011 - Women's Voices Now Film Festival in LA, USA (Finalist)
Apr. 2011 - 7ème rencontres de l'image Film Festival in the French Cultural Center CFCC in Cairo, Egypt
Apr. 2011 - 2nd annual West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival in WV, USA
Aug. 2011 - Arcus Temporum VIII Art Festival of Pannonhalma, Hungary
Nov. 2011 - 9th Regent Park Film Festival in Toronto, Canada
Dec. 2011 - 6th Streaming Festival

Black Out
Nov. 2010 - ZINC in Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille, France
Mar. 2011 - Alhambra Cinema in Marseille, France
Apr. 2011 - Don't You Have Docs? in Melbourne, Australia
July 2011 - Festival Miden, Greece (This is War)
Oct. 2011 - Ozu Film Festival 19th Edition, Italy (Out Of Competition)
Nov. 2011 - 6th Streaming Festival
Dec. 2011 - MADATAC Festival in Madrid, Spain

Residencies
Marseille, France 2010 [Nov. 2 - Nov. 30] in la Friche La Belle de Mai as a part of