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Ziad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and director. He starred in SCREWDRIVER, which enjoyed a busy festival career and was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, Malmo Arab Film Festival, and El Gouna Film Festival. Ziad's SCREWDRIVER won Best Film at the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (Cinemed) and the Bosphorus Film Festival. It also won Best First Work and Best Actor for Ziad's role at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan. For his role in the French-Greek film THE BLIND SUN, which screened at several prestigious international film festivals, Ziad won the Best Actor award at Fantasporto. In 2022, he starred in the Netflix film THE WEEKEND AWAY, and in 2023, he starred in the Italian film PROFETI, directed by Alessio Gremonini, who won Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes, Italy, and starring Donato Demita and Marco Horanich. Ziad recently finished shooting THE STRANGERS' CASE, directed by Brandt Anderson whose film REFUGEE won the Jury prize at the French Rivera Film Festival and starring Omar Sy (THE INTOUCHABLES), Yasmine Al Massri (CARAMEL) and Angeliki Papoulia ( THE LOBSTER). His upcoming projects also include THE SAND CASTLE, directed by Emmy-nominated director Matty Brown and starring Nadine Labaki and child Zain Al Rafeea, who collaborate for the second time after their film CAPERNAUM, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Moreover, Ziad is not only an actor but also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed the short film THE SALT FISHERMAN, which played at the Dubai International Film Festival (2011) and earned him a Best Director nomination.

Madame
as Emre

I Was a Stranger
as Fathi

The Sand Castle
as Nabil

Meet the Barbarians
as Marwan

Mar Mama

Ganapath
as John

Profeti

The Weekend Away
as Zain

Amira
as Bassel

The Translator
as Sami

Arnoos

Tala'Vision

Give Up the Ghost
as Ammar

Screwdriver
as Ziad

Bonboné

Personal Affairs
as Hisham

Mare Nostrum

Blind Sun
as Ashraf Idriss

The Bureau
as Nadim El Bachir

Self Made
as Yusuf

Water
as Himself

Miral
as Helmi

Sense of Morning
as Mahmoud Darwish

Zion and His Brother
as George

The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
as Taysir Hayb