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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Rasheed Masharawi (born in 1962) is
a Palestinian film director.
his life
Rashid Masharawi was born in 1962
to a refugee family originally from Jaffa and grew up in the Shati refugee camp
in the Gaza Strip. Following his father's illness, at the age of 14, he was
forced to work to help support his family. He did not study cinema, but rather
reached it through his interest and experiences in plastic art. His first short
film, The Passport, was directed in 1986, about a couple who got stuck at the
border crossing between Israel and Jordan, because the husband lost his
passport. In 1992, he directed a short comedy called The Magician. In 1993, he
immigrated to the Netherlands, where he resided for 3 years, and founded, with
Hani Abu-Assad, the September Films Company, which produced films in
cooperation with the Dutch Arcos Films Company. In 1996 he moved to Ramallah,
where he established the Film Production and Distribution Center in an effort
to develop local production teams.
Director Rashid Masharawi is
considered the first Palestinian filmmaker to work on creating a cinema in the
occupied Palestinian territories. A long time in Gaza) 1991.. and after Rashid
Masharawi established the company (September for TV and Film Production) in
1992, he presented his first feature film (until further notice) 1993, then his
second feature film (Haifa) in 1996..which was the first Palestinian film shown
Officially at the Cannes Film Festival since the festival was established, and
in 1996 Rashid Masharawi established the Film Production Center in Ramallah,
through which he conducted training workshops, and established the Children’s
Cinema Festival and mobile cinema in Palestine, through which he produced a
number of films, including ( Rabab) 1997, (Touter) 1998, (Behind the Walls)
1999, (Ghubash) 2000, (Season of Love) 2000, (Maqlouba) 2000, (From Palestine
Live Broadcast) 2001, and his third feature film (Ticket). To Jerusalem) 2002..
Then he completed some experimental works such as (One Moon), (Shaherazade) and
(Hummus Eid) in 2003, then his fourth feature film (Waiting), and a feature
documentary (My Brother Arafat) in 2005. 2008 Completed His fifth feature film
(Laila’s Birthday) and in the year 2009 he wrote and directed four
documentaries entitled (Little Wings) on the subject of child labor in the Arab
world, where films were filmed in Egypt, Morocco, Palestine and Iraq, in the
year 2011 he prepared and directed a film A documentary entitled (A Man of a
Homeland and a City) about the Palestinian leader from Jerusalem, Faisal
Al-Husseini. In 2012, he finished his new documentary film (The Land of the
Story), and in 2013 he completed his sixth feature film, which was shown in
international and Arab festivals, and its shows began in different cities. At
the beginning of 2014, he completed a documentary film Entitled (Letters from
Yarmouk) on the siege of the besieged Palestinian camp in Damascus as a result
of the current events in Syria, he won many international awards in
international festivals, and participated in membership and chairing
arbitration committees in Arab and international festivals. Gaza Washington is
a project script for a feature film, which is expected to be shot at the end of
2015
Critic Samir Farid considered his
film, Until Further Notice, the first Palestinian film because it was produced
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by a Palestinian crew.
his movies
until a further notice
Long days in Gaza
shelter
Rabab
behind the walls
Haifa
Turn.. turn
season of love
A ticket to Jerusalem
Arafat is my brother
waiting
Layla's birthday
Palestine Stereo
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Achievements and Awards
- Years in active
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