Rashid Masharawi

Rashid Masharawi (also: "Rashid Mashrawi") (Arabic: رشيد مشهراوي‎), 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.[1]

Rashid 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. 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. Rashid Masharawi regularly organises readings and discussion forums at the Al-Matal cultural centre. With his documentaries and feature films, he has also made a name for himself as a film artist. He has received several film awards.[2]

Films
  • The Shelter, (1989) Fiction
  • Curfew (Hatta Ishaar Akhar) (1994) At the Cannes International Film Festival he was awarded the Unesco Film Award for Curfew (1994) and received the audience and critics’ prize for the best film at the Montpellier Film Festival.
  • Haifa (1996)
  • Ticket to Jerusalem (2002), feature film won a number of awards.
  • Live from Palestine, (2002) Docu. 57 min.
  • Waiting, (2005) Film / TV, Feature film. Film Review: Rashid Masharawi's "Waiting", by Ali Abunimah, 8 May 2006, the Electronic Intifada
  • Arafat, my Brother, Film, (2005) / TV, Documentary.
  • Laila's Birthday (2008)
  • Palestine Stereo (2013)

See also

References
  1. Gertz & Khleifi, p.43
  2. "Rashid Masharawi". Center for Palestine Studies | Columbia University.

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