Neo Nahda
Mona, a young woman in London, finds old photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering lost histories and her own identity.
May Ziadé is a London-based French-Lebanese filmmaker, filmworker, and co-founder of Other People’s Films, a filmmaker-run production company that produces artist moving image work and conventional cinema that plays with form. Her work engages with the recovery and discovery of subaltern histories through archives, examining the tensions between fiction, non-fiction, and personal projections. In addition to filmmaking, May works as a Post Coordinator and is training to become a film restoration specialist.
Film translated by: Mariana Ramos
UK, 2023, 12’
Director: May Ziadé






