Rashid Masharawi
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Rashid Masharawi, film artist, 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. With his documentaries and feature films, he has also made a name for himself as a film artist. He has received several film awards.
Gaza
Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa
Jaffa
Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...
. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp.
Rashid Masharawi lives and works in Ramallah
Ramallah
Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...
, 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.
Films
- The Shelter, (1989) Fictionhttp://www.haussite.net/set.php?page=http://www.haussite.net/haus.0/PROGRAM/02/rashid/rashid_E.html
- CurfewCurfewA curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply. Examples:# An order by a government for certain persons to return home daily before a certain time...
(1994)http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?581 At the Cannes International Film Festival he was awarded the Unesco Film Award for 'CurfewCurfewA curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply. Examples:# An order by a government for certain persons to return home daily before a certain time...
' (1994) and received the audience and critics’ prize for the best film at the Montpellier Film Festival. - HaifaHaifa (film)Haifa is a 1996 Palestinian drama film directed by Rashid Masharawi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mohammed Bakri - Haifa* Ahmad Abu Sal'oum - Abu Said* Hiam Abbass - Oum Said...
(1996) - A Ticket to Jerusalem (2002), feature film http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?581 won a number of awards.
- Live from Palestine, (2002) Docu. 57 min. http://www.haussite.net/set.php?page=http://www.haussite.net/haus.0/PROGRAM/02/rashid/rashid_E.html
- Waiting, (2005) Film / TV, Feature film. Film Review: Rashid Masharawi's "Waiting", by Ali AbunimahAli AbunimahAli Hasan Abunimah is a Palestinian American journalist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada, a not-for-profit, independent online publication about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Born in Washington D.C., he spent his early years in the United Kingdom and Belgium before returning to the...
, 8 May 2006, the Electronic Intifada - Arafat, my Brother, Film, (2005) / TV, Documentary.http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?581
- Laila's Birthday (2008)
External links
- An Interview with the Palestinian Filmmaker Rashid Masharawi by Fareed ArmalyFareed ArmalyFareed Armaly is an Arab American artist, curator, author and editor who lives and works in the US and Berlin, Europe. Starting in the late 1980s, his work introduced a focus on the open definition of contemporary artistic practice as the medium itself, well-suited towards rendering a contemporary...
, April 2002 - Rashid Masharawi - filmmaker by Monique Roffey, Paul Prillevitz, and Khaled Hourani, 19.06.2006
- Rashid Masharawi at IMDb
- Rashid Masharawi, Buthina Canaan Khoury, Nahed Awwad, Hazim Bitar, Annemarie Jacir and Ahmad Habash by Kamran Rastegar, Bidoun, Fall 2006
Further reading
- Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Chapter 4. Without place, Without time: The films of Rashid Masharawi (p.101-118), Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253220076