Writer and Director, working in Arabic and English


HANA ALOMAIR is a Saudi writer and filmmaker whose work has garnered national and international recognition. Her screenplay Hadaf earned the Silver Palm Tree Award for Best Script at the Saudi Film Competition in 2008. Her documentary Beyond Words was screened at the Gulf Film Festival (2009) and selected for the main competition at the Muscat Film Festival (2010).

Her second film, The Complaint, was featured in the main competition at Tessa’s Festival for Asian and African Films in Morocco (2014) and went on to win the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Short Fiction Film in 2015.

In 2019, her short film Swan Song received the Golden Palm Tree Award for Best Actor at the Saudi Film Festival.

In 2020, HANA ALOMAIR co-wrote and directed Whispers, Netflix’s first Saudi original series. Whispers’ teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q72LF8sOHQk

In 2024, she filmed her debut feature film, Traveler’s Hell which will be released in theatres 2026.

She also penned the script for Sharshaf, which was awarded a $500,000 production grant from the Red Sea Lodge.

HANA ALOMAIR also serves as Chairperson of the Cinema Association.