A cinematographer by training and film programmer by practice, Alia Alamri is a film curator based in Sharjah with over a decade of experience in Arab and Global South cinema. She leads the Sharjah Film Platform and seasonal film programmes at the Sharjah Art Foundation, and is co-founder of Native Nomads, a UAE-based creative agency. Her programming is rooted in regional storytelling, independent voices, and cinema that sparks conversations worth having.