Didar Domehri

Didar Domehri founded the company Maneki Films (IFCIC award 2017 – Best young independent production company) and the label Full House in 2009. She used to be head of international sales of Films Distribution/Playtime and is now VP of Unifrance’s Feature Film Producers’ Committee, member of the Union of Independent Producers (SPI), group leader for the European Producers’ workshop EAVE. She is regularly asked to be jury member in film festivals and international coproduction markets; in 2021, she was a member of Cannes Critics’ Week jury. She also was VP of the selection committee of the CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, consultant for Qumra, the Torino Film Lab and for Cannes Critics’ Week’s Next Step program.

She has produced and coproduced more than 20 feature films, for the most part selected in the most prestigious festivals:

MARIE & JOLIE by Erige Sehiri (post),THE LOVE THAT REMAINS by Hlynur Pálmason (post), GOD WILL NOT HELP by Hana Jusić (post), COTTON QUEEN by Suzannah Mirghani( post), ME TOO by Judith Godrèche (Cannes 2024), WE HAD FUN by Linda Lô, MOTEL DESTINO by Karim Aïnouz (Cannes 2024), Z WORD by RKSS, STRANGERS BY NIGHT by Alex Lutz (Cannes 2023), GODLAND by Hlynur Pálmason (Cannes 2022), UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri (Cannes 2022), PETITE FLEUR by Santiago Mitre (BAFICI 2022), MEMORY HOUSE by João Paulo Miranda Maria (Cannes 2020), SINGING JAILBIRDS by Etienne Comar, KING by David Moreau, UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS by Claus Drexel, GIRLS OF THE SUN by Eva Husson (Cannes 2017), MEMORY HOUSE by João Paulo Miranda Maria (Cannes 2020); PICKPOCKETS by Peter Webber (Netflix), LA CORDILLERA by Santiago Mitre (Cannes 2017),