Layaly Badr

Badr worked as a managing director for the biggest networks in the Middle East: ART & Rotana, as a consultant for two of the Egyptian networks: Al Nahar and ON TV. Badr won several awards for her movies and TV series; her short movie “The Way to Palestine” won the Golden Lorbeer, a German television prize. Her awards include the Best Complete Piece of Work for Children at the Arab TV Festival in Tunisia; the Pioneer Prize at the Damascus TV festival, Syria; and Special Mention at the “Isphahan Children Film Festival” in Iran. Badr is also a children’s storywriter and has two published books: ‘Lobana Wal Qamar’ & ‘Nahr wa Shajara wa Asafeer’. She was the head of the ART children’s channel and launched its first youth channel (Art Teens). Layaly Badr studied filmmaking in Germany and screenwriting in New York.