Teyama Alkamli is an award-winning Syrian-Canadian writer, director,  and producer living in Toronto. She is an alumna of DocNomads,  the European Mobile Film School, Hot Docs Emerging Filmmaker Lab,  the Canadian Film Centre's Director Lab, and a current TIFF Talent  Accelerator participant.  

Teyama's film, Hockey Mom, was awarded Best Documentary Program at the 2021  Canadian Screen Awards. Her other works have screened at international  film festival such as Doc Lisboa, TIFF, and the Berlinale. She is currently developing her narrative feature debut, My Name is Jala.