Rakan Mayasi

Director

BIOGRAPHIE

Rakan Mayasi is an independent filmmaker from Palestine, born in Germany, raised in Jordan and currently based in Lebanon. He studied Cinema, Theatre and Psychology in Lebanon and then received intense film training with Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He underwent different filmmaking experiences in Serbia, Germany, Morocco & Egypt in writing and directing. He has written and directed four independent short films so far and his previous film ‘Roubama’ was an official selection in Locarno Film Festival. His new film BONBONÉ tackles the phenomenon of Palestinian sperm smuggling from Israeli jails. Rakan is currently writing the script of his first feature film.

FILMOGRAPHIE