Sarah Bahgat is a Cairo-based film curator and cultural manager with a strong interest and commitment to socially engaged storytelling across the MENA region. Over the past decade, she has worked with art and film institutions such as Palestine Cinema Days, the Berlinale Forum, and the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute, curating programs and supporting cross-cultural initiatives.

In 2014, Sarah launched the Townhouse Salons, a series of conversations with artists, filmmakers and writers at Egypt’s former Townhouse Gallery. She currently programs the bi-monthly cine-club at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo and continues to develop curatorial projects that position film as a space for encounters, reflections, and shared conversations.