She is sometimes credited as
Aïda Schloapfer (French Culture Centre in Cairo, Egypt)


Aida Schlaepfer (Born in Baghdad) is a Swiss film director and writer. Born in Baghdad, to a Lebanese mother and an Iraqi father, and spending her life between her parents two countries, Schlaepfer has experienced living in a war-torn country and is aware of how this can affect an entire life. This led way to her most notable piece Gangs of Baghdad, which was entered in the Al-Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival at Doha in Qatar and the French Culture Centre in Cairo, Egypt.

Schlaepfer studied art and media in Zurich.


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