Berlin Fellowship 2025 — Film and Media Arts
Meryam Joobeur
*1991 in USA
Lives in Montréal (CAN)
Instagram: @merjoobeur
Vita
Meryam Joobeur is an Oscar-nominated writer, director, and producer working in both fiction and documentary. She’s expanding her practice to include dance and live performance. Her films have screened globally, earning 78 awards for Brotherhood (2018). Her debut feature, Who Do I Belong To (2024), premiered in Berlin and achieved significant acclaim in Hong Kong and Taipei. Her work explores identity, love, and transformation, shaped by her multicultural roots
Residency
THE MIDDLE SPACE is a video installation and performance that explores the crossover between traditional Tunisian wedding customs and Berlin’s alternative nightlife. This interdisciplinary work reflects the artist’s personal journey between the cultural expectations of love, marriage and sexuality in her Tunisian homeland and the liberating but sometimes overwhelming freedom she has experienced in Berlin. The project explores the tension between tradition and modernity, attempting to define a “middle space” where empowerment and authenticity can coexist.