Akram Al-Ashqar
Akram Al-Ashqar (born 1982) is a Palestinian film director global, photographer and IT professional.
Akram Al-Ashqar
- Name
- Akram Al-Ashqar
- Born
- 1982
- Birthplace
- Tulkarm, Palestine
- Occupation
- International film director
- Full name
- أكرم هاني أحمد الأشقر.
- Nationality
- Palestine
- Fields
- film director
- Education
- Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts · Arab American University
- Known for
- First Picture
- Languages
- Arabic · English
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Biography
Akram Al-Ashqar studied at Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts and Arab American University. The recorded working language is Arabic and English. The field of work recorded is film director. Residence is recorded at Tulkarm. Employment is recorded with Palestine Technical University. Works named in the authority record are First Picture.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Akram Al-Ashqar • Born — 1982 • Birthplace — Tulkarm, Palestine • Occupation — International film director
He started with the movies
He started with the movies
Akram graduated from Arab American University in 2006 specializing in Computer Information Technology. His films include: First Picture (2006), Red, Dead, Mediterranean (2006), and Paper War (2007). His short film, "Red, Dead and Mediterranean", portrays whole generations of Palestinian children who are obsessed with a sea they know nothing about. His short film, “Paper War”, summarizes the Lebanon war through the symbols present on the paper currency used. His first professional documentary film, First Picture (2006), is the story of a Palestinian child from the Tulkarm Camp for Palestinian refugees. This child was born in one of the Israeli prisons. After spending more than two and a half years in prison, he was released independently from his mother, who remains imprisoned by the Israeli Authority. The film follows the child's adventures outside of prison under the protection of his family and with the companionship of his mother's freed friends from prison, and how his experience in prison shapes those adventures. The First Picture (2006) produced by the Arab Institute of Film. Al Ashqar's film Red, Dead and Mediterranean was featured as part of IN FOCUS, a London art exhibition focusing on artist's experiences in the Middle East.
His films
• Red, Dead & Med, 2006. • Palestine, Summer, 2006. • Paper War, 2007. • First Picture, 2007. • Five Boys and A Wheel, 2016.
His international awards
• Libya Award in 2004. • Mexico Award in 2017. • Algeria Award in 2017. • Sultanate of Oman International Festival Award in 2018.
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