Rashid Masharawi
Rashid Masharawi (also: "Rashid Mashrawi") is a Palestinian film director, born in Gaza in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp. Masharawi lives and works in Ramallah, where he founded the Cinema Production and Distribution Center in 1996 with the aim of promoting local film productions.
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- Name
- Rashid Masharawi
- Birthplace
- Gaza City
- Occupation
- Film Director
- Born
- 1962 · Al-Shati refugee camp.
- Nationality
- Palestine
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Rashid Masharawi naquit en 1962 à Gaza.
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He also sponsors a mobile cinema, which allows him to screen films in Palestinian refugee camps. Other projects include the annual Kids Film Festival and major workshops on film production and directing. Masharawi regularly organises readings and discussion forums at the Al-Matal cultural centre. Through his documentaries and feature films, he has made a name for himself as a film artist and has received several film awards.
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• Name — Rashid Masharawi • Native Name — رشيد مشهراوي • Birthplace — Gaza City • Occupation — Film Director
Filmography
Filmography
• Travel Document (1987) • The Shelter, (1989) Fiction • Dar o dur (1991) • The Magician (1992) • Curfew (Hatta Ishaar Akhar) (1994) At the Cannes International Film Festival he was awarded the Unesco Film Award for Curfew and received the audience and critics' prize for the best film at the Montpellier Film Festival. • Haifa (1996) • Rabab (1997) • Tension (1998) • Love Season (2001) • Ticket to Jerusalem (2002), feature film Won a number of awards. • Live from Palestine, (2002), documentary, 57 min • Homemovie (2002) • Checkpoint (2002) • Waiting, (2005) film / TV, feature film • Arafat, My Brother, (2005) film / TV, documentary • Laila's Birthday (2008) • Land of the Story (2012) • Palestine Stereo (2013) • Letters From Al Yarmouk (2014) • Writing On Snow (2017) • From Ground Zero (2024)
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- 1.Gertz, Khleifi, 2008, p=43
- 2.Rashid Masharawi. Center for Palestine Studies Columbia University.
- 3.Profile: Rashid Masharawi: The director who restored Palestinian peoples' humanity. Daily News Egypt. 8 October 2018.
- 4.Rashid Masharawi. haus.0. 26 March 2002.
- 5.Dar o dur (1991). IDFA.
- 6.The Magician. Africiné.
- 7.Intifada excluded. culturebase.net.
- 8.Rabab. vprogids.nl.
- 9.Tension. vprogids.nl.
- 10.Ticket Pour Jérusalem. Africiné.
- 11.Ticket to Jerusalem. cineuropa.org.
- 12.Young, Deborah. Waiting. Variety Magazine. 12 October 2005.
- 13.IMDb title 2729994
- 14.Letters from Al-Yarmouk. Toronto Palestine Film Festival. September 27, 2015.
- 15.Writing on Snow. Malmo Arab Film Festival.
- 16.From Ground Zero. Toronto Film Festival.
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