Mohamed Rashad was born in 1980 in Alexandria, Egypt. After undertaking a two-year filmmaking workshop at the Jesuit Cultural Film School of Alexandria, he directed two short fiction films: From Afar (2005) and Maxim (2007). Little Eagles (2016), his first feature-length documentary premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival and won the Best Documentary Award at the Malmö Film Festival. Alongside Hala Lotfy and other filmmakers, he co-founded the independent production company Hassla Films, dedicated to producing feature-length debut projects for young artists. The Settlement, his first feature film, premiered in the Perspectives Competition at the 2025 Berlinale.