Born in Rasht, Iran, Milad Alami, a Swedish director, graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2011. Since then, he has made short features like Void and Mini among others. They were both nominated for the Danish Film Awards Robert Prize in 2015. Void premiered at Directors Fortnight in Cannes in 2014. Alami’s first feature The Charmer (2017), premiered at San Sebastian, and won several prizes at festivals around the world, including the Fedeora Award at San Sebastian, the Silver Hugo Prize at Chicago, NDR Film Prize at Lübeck and Best Film at Warsaw. It was also nominated for the Dragon Award. Alami was the conceptualizing director for the series When the Dust Settles, released in February 2020. It was critically acclaimed and sold worldwide. His second feature, Opponent premiered at the Berlinale earlier this year.