Yomna Khattab is a filmmaker based in Cairo. She originally acquired an MA in economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Yomna’s short stories book, VIDEOTAPE FROM THE NINETIES, was published in 2015 by Dar El Shorouk. As a scriptwriter, her feature film ROKAYA' won Best Script From a Young Scriptwriter at the 2018 edition of the Sawiris Cultural Award.
She also wrote and produced the short film LET US PLAY YESTERDAY, which won the Film Prize Robert Bosch 2021 Development Fund and premiered at the International Short Film Competition of the sixth El Gouna Film Festival. Yomna’s main interest in her work is to explore the politics and economics affecting women’s choices, in addition to modern family dynamics in contemporary times.