May el-Toukhy

Directing

May el-Toukhy

Born

1977-08-17 (49)

Place of birth

Charlottenlund, Danmark

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

May el-Thouky (Arabic: مي الطوخي; born 17 August 1977; Charlottenlund) is a Danish filmmaker. Most known for her drama film Queen of Hearts (2019). For Woman Unknown (2026), she won the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

Known for

Queen of Hearts poster
6.9

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

Queen of Hearts

2019

Woman Unknown poster
NR

Marie, a former housekeeper, plans an extravagant dinner party for her engagement to the household's patriarch. As preparations unfold, hidden aspects of her past begin to surface, threatening to disrupt the celebration.

Woman Unknown

2027

Long Story Short poster
6.8

The film follows a group of friends and their highs and lows in pursuit of romantic redemption. It takes place over three years and is divided into eight parties : New Year's Eve, one housewarming, Midsummer, a wedding, a surprise party, a name of celebration, anniversary and birthday parties. The friends are all late thirties or early forties. They fought all with their own idea of ​​what the perfect love really is, and must re-evaluate their perception in the course of history.

Long Story Short

2015

No artwork available
NR

The story of 'Out of Africa' author Karen Blixen, who lived as a coffee farmer in Kenya from in the early part of the 20th century.

The Lioness

Bits & Pieces poster
1.0

At a theatre during a performance of Dangerous Liaisons, a young costume dresser is having an affair with an actor, but gets a taste of reality when the leading lady discovers her partner's infidelity.

Bits & Pieces

2009

No artwork available
NR

The documentary " 5 Hjerteslag " consists of 5 films in which Danish debuting directors with different cultural backgrounds tell about important moments in people's lives. The films, all based on the manifesto "5 heartbeats", are unique and very personal. These are stories that tell about feelings and what is common to all of us namely the heart.

5 Heartbeats

2003

Behind the camera

Queen of Hearts poster
6.9

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

Queen of Hearts

2019

Queen of Hearts poster
6.9

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

Queen of Hearts

2019

Woman Unknown poster
NR

Marie, a former housekeeper, plans an extravagant dinner party for her engagement to the household's patriarch. As preparations unfold, hidden aspects of her past begin to surface, threatening to disrupt the celebration.

Woman Unknown

2027

Woman Unknown poster
NR

Marie, a former housekeeper, plans an extravagant dinner party for her engagement to the household's patriarch. As preparations unfold, hidden aspects of her past begin to surface, threatening to disrupt the celebration.

Woman Unknown

2027

Long Story Short poster
6.8

The film follows a group of friends and their highs and lows in pursuit of romantic redemption. It takes place over three years and is divided into eight parties : New Year's Eve, one housewarming, Midsummer, a wedding, a surprise party, a name of celebration, anniversary and birthday parties. The friends are all late thirties or early forties. They fought all with their own idea of ​​what the perfect love really is, and must re-evaluate their perception in the course of history.

Long Story Short

2015

Long Story Short poster
6.8

The film follows a group of friends and their highs and lows in pursuit of romantic redemption. It takes place over three years and is divided into eight parties : New Year's Eve, one housewarming, Midsummer, a wedding, a surprise party, a name of celebration, anniversary and birthday parties. The friends are all late thirties or early forties. They fought all with their own idea of ​​what the perfect love really is, and must re-evaluate their perception in the course of history.

Long Story Short

2015

No artwork available
NR

The story of 'Out of Africa' author Karen Blixen, who lived as a coffee farmer in Kenya from in the early part of the 20th century.

The Lioness

Bits & Pieces poster
1.0

At a theatre during a performance of Dangerous Liaisons, a young costume dresser is having an affair with an actor, but gets a taste of reality when the leading lady discovers her partner's infidelity.

Bits & Pieces

2009

Bits & Pieces poster
1.0

At a theatre during a performance of Dangerous Liaisons, a young costume dresser is having an affair with an actor, but gets a taste of reality when the leading lady discovers her partner's infidelity.

Bits & Pieces

2009

No artwork available
NR

The documentary " 5 Hjerteslag " consists of 5 films in which Danish debuting directors with different cultural backgrounds tell about important moments in people's lives. The films, all based on the manifesto "5 heartbeats", are unique and very personal. These are stories that tell about feelings and what is common to all of us namely the heart.

5 Heartbeats

2003

No artwork available
NR

A young man living a hermit's life begins stalking his neighbor through a hole in the wall. The neighbor turns out to be a young woman who awakens his love and whose life he witnesses - for a while.

Stereo

2001

No artwork available
NR

A young man living a hermit's life begins stalking his neighbor through a hole in the wall. The neighbor turns out to be a young woman who awakens his love and whose life he witnesses - for a while.

Stereo

2001

No artwork available
NR

The film is a depiction of the relationship between three sisters who have to share the estate after the death of their mother.

Mother's Day

2005

No artwork available
NR

The film is a depiction of the relationship between three sisters who have to share the estate after the death of their mother.

Mother's Day

2005

No artwork available
NR

The film is a depiction of the relationship between three sisters who have to share the estate after the death of their mother.

Mother's Day

2005

No artwork available
NR

A pair of siblings attempt to find a point of view in their search for identity and in their liberation from each other.

My Blessed Brother

2003

No artwork available
NR

A pair of siblings attempt to find a point of view in their search for identity and in their liberation from each other.

My Blessed Brother

2003