A woman with curly, short hair smiles in front of a colorful mural.
Amber Fares
Photo courtesy of Amber Fares
Director & Producer

Amber Fares (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker best known for her directorial debut Speed Sisters (2015), which screened at Hot Docs and aired internationally on Netflix, Al Jazeera, and RAI. Her directing credits include We Are Ayenda (Amazon 2023), Gutsy ep5 (Apple TV 2022), Reckoning With Laughter (Al Jazeera’s “Witness” 2021), and Convergence: Courage Under Crisis (Netflix 2021). Amber also served as cinematographer and co-producer of the Peabody Award-winning The Judge (PBS 2017), was the cinematographer on Life After (Sundance 2025) and both produced and shot the short film The Devil Is Busy (HBO 2025). A Sundance Momentum Fellow and Pillars Artist Fellow, Amber is Canadian and currently based in New York.

Program cohorts
Critical Issues Fund 2022
films by Amber Fares
Speed Sisters
Still from Speed Sisters
Monica Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong, speaking at a press conference after the first day of the SisterSong v Georgia trial. She is directly facing the camera and is wearing hoop earrings and a black blouse with gold polka dots.
After Roe (working title)
Production still from After Roe
more Critical Issues Fund 2022 winners
Headshot of Erik Winker in black and white
Erik Winker
Photo courtesy Erik Winker
Geeta Gandbhir has medium-length dark wavy hair, wears a scarf, and smiles at the camera.
Geeta Gandbhir
Photo courtesy Geeta Gandbhir
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