Mai Iskander - Transcending Through Story

Mai Iskander's directorial debut, Garbage Dreams was nominated for the 2010 Best Documentary by the Director’s Guild of America, and has won 26 international awards including the Al Gore Reel Current Award and IDA Humanitas Award. 

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Mai Iskander's directorial debut, Garbage Dreams was nominated for the 2010 Best Documentary by the Director's Guild of America, and has won 26 international awards including the Al Gore Reel Current Award and IDA Humanitas Award. Filmed over the course of four years, Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys growing up in Egypt's largest garbage village.