Person
Rashid Masharawi
Directing · Born 1962-01-01 · Gaza, Palestine
Biography
Rashid Masharawi (Arabic: رشيد مشهراوي; born 1962) 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. 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. Through his documentaries and feature films, he has made a name for himself as a film artist and has received several film awards.
Known for
Hassan
Producer
When Night Falls
1985
Haifa
Director
From Ground Zero
Producer
Very Small Dreams
Producer
Curfew
Director
Drifting
1982
The Clown of Gaza
Producer
Shelter
Director
Palestine Stereo
Director
Filmography
- 2026HassanProducer
- 2025Very Small DreamsProducer
- 2025Colors Under the SkyProducer
- 2025The Clown of GazaProducer
- 2025From Ground ZeroProducer
- 2024Passing DreamsDirector
- 2021RecoveryDirector
- 2021Journal de la Rue GabrielleDirector
- 2017Writing on SnowDirector
- 2014Letters From Al-YarmoukDirector
- 2014Palestine StereoDirector
- 2009Laila's BirthdayProducer
- 2005AttentiveDirector
- 2005Arafat, My BrotherDirector
- 2002Ticket to JerusalemDirector
- 2000Upside DownDirector
- 1999Behind the wallsDirector
- 1998TensionDirector
- 1996HaifaDirector
- 1994CurfewDirector
- 1991No Te Metas
- 1991Long Days in GazaDirector
- 1990Merry-Go-RoundDirector
- 1989ShelterDirector
- 1986PassportDirector
- 1985When Night Falls
- 1982Drifting
- —Dreams of Farah and ZahraSupervising Producer
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