Abdel Mandili is an Amazigh Indigenous film director and producer, born and based in Amsterdam. As a director, his practice is built on long-term collaboration with Indigenous communities, embedding the camera within their lives to create intimate, character-driven stories. As a producer, he is the founder of among.earth, a film collective and production house that bridges Indigenous cinema with the international film industry, training Indigenous filmmakers and building the international pathways that carry their stories to global audiences. He is a Political Science graduate and an alumnus of Locarno BaseCamp.