Reem Morsi is an Egyptian-Canadian film director and screenwriter based in

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. She is best known for her 2022 film '' The Last Mark''. She began her filmmaking career in the early 2010s with a number of short films, winning awards at the 2017

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for her shorts ''The Door'' and ''Show and Tell''. She concluded production in 2019 on her feature debut ''Hysteria'', although its release was disrupted by the

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and the film has never seen wide distribution. Her second feature film, ''The Last Mark'', was screened for distributors in the Industry Selects program at the

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, before having its public premiere in 2022. She followed up in 2023 with ''

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'', February 8, 2024.

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* 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women film directors Canadian women screenwriters Egyptian women film directors Egyptian film directors Egyptian screenwriters Egyptian emigrants to Canada Film directors from Toronto Screenwriters from Toronto Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-film-director-stub