Youssef Akef

Youssef Akef is a Dubai-based director and creative director, working across film, events and brand content since 2014. He directed Al Rawy (2026), an Emirati short film written by H.E. Aisha Rashid Al-Hissan Al-Shamsi and commissioned by the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, which premiered as the opening film of the 26th Sharjah International Narrator Forum. He was shortlisted for Young Achiever of the Year at the MESE Awards in 2018 and 2019 and at the Middle East Event Awards in 2025.