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Born in Cairo in 1960, he grew up in Canada and studied at the University of Toronto. After directing short films, he made his first feature, "Next of Kin" (1984). Mostra has screened the majority of his films since "Family Viewing" (1987, 12th Mostra), including "Exotica" (1994, 18th Mostra), winner of the critics’ prize at Cannes, and "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997, 21st Mostra), awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes. In 2011, he was a member of the 35th Mostra’s International Jury and received the Humanity Prize. He also directed the segment "Yerevan – The Visible" in the collective film "Invisible World" (2012), produced by Mostra.