Rakan Mayasi

Rakan Mayasi is an independent filmmaker (Director, Screenwriter & Producer) from Palestine (diaspora), born in Germany and currently based between Brussels and Beirut. He studied Cinema, Theatre and Psychology in Lebanon and then received film training with Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He has written, directed and produced several short films. His previous film ROUBAMA was an official selection at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012. His short film BONBONÉ (available on Netflix worldwide) tackles the phenomenon of Palestinian sperm smuggling from Israeli jails and has world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 - it is the recipient of 29 Best Short Awards at international film festivals, namely Küstendorf Film and Music Festival and the 40th Moscow International Film Festival. Rakan recently underwent film training with Béla Tarr in Budapest where he conceived a film in 7 days. TRUMPETS IN THE SKY is a short film exploring Cinema as a contemplative medium of visual poetry, metaphor and mythology. It won the honorable mention for Best International Short Film at TIFF 2021 in Canada, where it world premiered (and is available on France 3). Rakan’s latest short film is a political fantasy-thriller entitled THE KEY that is centred around the Palestinian right of return. It world premiered at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, USA 2023 (and available on Canal+).

بونبونة

غداََ يأتي الحبّ

المفتاح

سوناتا البحر

ربّما

Kés

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