Ziad Bakri

Ziad Bakri

Born: March 27, 1980
in Jaffa, Palestine
Ziad Bakri (born March 27, 1980) is a Palestinian actor, director and cinematographer .

Movies for Ziad Bakri...

The Barbarians
Title: The Barbarians
Released: September 18, 2024
Type: Movie
The municipality of a small Breton village has decided to welcome a family of Ukrainian refugees. To their surprise, they receive Fayad family – coming from Syria. They thwart all the clichés that the French expected: they are friendly, refined, educated… So much so that, in this small, humming village, it is no longer clear which side the barbarians are on…
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The Strangers' Case
Title: The Strangers' Case
Character: Fathi
Released: February 23, 2024
Type: Movie
Over four centuries ago, William Shakespeare collaborated with others on a play about the historical figure Sir Thomas More. In it, he wrote a speech in which More passionately articulates a defence of refugees, culminating in a poignant reference to their plight. Fast-forward to the present: Aleppo, in the midst of the Syrian civil war. Amira, a paediatric surgeon, performs a life-saving operation during the darkest days of the conflict. Through an unexpected twist of fate, she and her daughter become central characters in a dangerous tale that intricately interweaves the lives of five families spanning four continents and redefines all of their existences. Versions of this story continue to repeat themselves over the centuries. For this reason, Shakespeare aptly named this plight “The Strangers’ Case”.
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Mar Mama
Title: Mar Mama
Released: December 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. To distract her, her father makes a stop-motion film. However, his attempts fail and the girl finds nothing other than imagination to escape from reality.
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Ganapath
Title: Ganapath
Released: October 20, 2023
Type: Movie
In a dystopian future, Ganapath, a relentless and skilled vigilante, embarks on a mission to dismantle a powerful criminal empire that has gripped the city in fear. Ganapath becomes a symbol of hope for the oppressed in which leads dark.
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Profeti
Title: Profeti
Released: January 26, 2023
Type: Movie
PROPHETS is the story of an encounter and a confrontation between Sara, an independent Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Syria by ISIS while she was working on a war news report in 2015, and Nur, the young foreign fighter, wife to a soldier of the Caliphate who holds Sara in custody in a building located in the middle of a training camp. Nur’s strong will to proselytize, together with the strict orders of the leader of the camp, will unfold into an attempt to convert Sara and make her join Islamic extremism.
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The Weekend Away
Title: The Weekend Away
Character: Zain
Released: March 3, 2022
Type: Movie
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
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Amira
Title: Amira
Character: Bassel
Released: October 19, 2021
Type: Movie
Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.
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The Translator
Title: The Translator
Character: Sami
Released: October 13, 2021
Type: Movie
A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.
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Arnoos
Title: Arnoos
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
During a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, Sami, a 15 year old spoiled naive kid, and the street-smart hustler Mahmoud, a 15 year old corn seller, are ready to execute their plan to steal an unexpected gift that will impress Sami’s girlfriend, unbeknownst to them what unexpected twists and turns are about to come their way.
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Tala'Vision
Title: Tala'Vision
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football field, 8 year old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.
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Give Up the Ghost
Title: Give Up the Ghost
Character: Ammar
Released: August 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Salam's dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.
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Screwdriver
Title: Screwdriver
Character: Ziad
Released: September 5, 2018
Type: Movie
After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero everyone hails him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination he unravels and forces himself to go back to where it all began.
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Screwdriver
Title: Screwdriver
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: Movie
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Bonboné
Title: Bonboné
Released: March 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.
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Personal Affairs
Title: Personal Affairs
Character: Hisham
Released: March 1, 2017
Type: Movie
In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side of the border, in Ramallah, their son Tarek wishes to remain an eternal bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head... Between check-points and dreams, frivolity and politics, some want to leave, others want to stay but all have personal affairs to resolve.
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Mare Nostrum
Title: Mare Nostrum
Released: October 26, 2016
Type: Movie
On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian father's decision to give his daughter a better life puts her in danger of losing it.
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Blind Sun
Title: Blind Sun
Character: Ashraf Idriss
Released: April 20, 2016
Type: Movie
​Greece. A seaside resort struck by a heavy heat wave. Water is scarce and violence is ready to explode. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, is looking after a villa while its owners are away. On a dusty road crushed by the sun, he is stopped by a police officer for an identity check...
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Title: The Bureau
Character: Nadim El Bachir
Released: April 27, 2015
Type: TV
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their mission is to identify individuals who may be recruited as sources of information. Operating "under caption", that is to say in a fabricated identity from scratch, they live for many years in a permanent duplicity. Our hero just returned from a clandestine mission six years in Damascus. But contrary to what is required by safety rules, he does not abandon his legend and the identity under which he lived in Syria, thus putting in danger the whole system.
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Self Made
Title: Self Made
Character: Yusuf
Released: June 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped within their respective worlds. After a mix-up at a checkpoint, they find themselves living the life of the other on the opposite side of the border.
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Water
Title: Water
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Ten directors, Israeli and Palestinian embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or documentary, inspired by water.
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Miral
Title: Miral
Character: Helmi
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: Movie
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
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Sense of Morning
Title: Sense of Morning
Character: Mahmoud Darwish
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: Movie
A man living in 1982 Beirut listens to the bombs fall and reminisces about the smell of coffee.
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Zion and His Brother
Title: Zion and His Brother
Character: George
Released: January 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Zion, 14, and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible accident. They keep the secret to themselves and it haunts them until, finally, Zion re-examines his loyalty towards his older brother and decides that he is ready to take responsibility for his own life.
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The Sand Castle
Title: The Sand Castle
Character: Nabil
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A family of four is stuck in an idyllic island that hides a shocking reality.