Ziad Bakri

Born: 1980-03-27

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.


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The Weekend Away

as Zain
Released: 2022-03-03

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what...

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Miral

as Helmi
Released: 2010-09-15

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first...

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Ganapath

as John
Released: 2023-10-20

In a dystopian future, Ganapath, a relentless and skilled vigilante, embarks on a mission to...

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Meet the Barbarians

as Marwan
Released: 2024-09-18

The municipality of a small Breton village has decided to welcome a family of Ukrainian...

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Amira

as Bassel
Released: 2021-10-19

Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned...

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The Sand Castle

as Nabil
Released: 2024-12-07

Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels,...

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The Strangers' Case

as Fathi
Released: 2024-02-23

Over four centuries ago, William Shakespeare collaborated with others on a play about the...

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Profeti

as uncredited
Released: 2023-01-26

PROPHETS is the story of an encounter and a confrontation between Sara, an independent Italian...

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Blind Sun

as Ashraf Idriss
Released: 2016-04-20

​Greece. A seaside resort struck by a heavy heat wave. Water is scarce and violence is ready to...

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The Translator

as Sami
Released: 2021-10-13

A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad...

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Mar Mama

as uncredited
Released: 2023-12-18

Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl...

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Give Up the Ghost

as Ammar
Released: 2019-08-29

Salam's dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have...

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Personal Affairs

as Hisham
Released: 2017-03-01

In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of the daily routine. On the other side...

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Bonboné

as uncredited
Released: 2018-03-15

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an...

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Mare Nostrum

as uncredited
Released: 2016-10-26

On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian father's decision to give his daughter a better life puts her...

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Screwdriver

as Ziad
Released: 2018-09-05

After fifteen years of imprisonment, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the...

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Self Made

as Yusuf
Released: 2014-06-16

Self Made tells the story of two women - one Israeli, the other Palestinian- who are trapped...

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Water

as Himself
Released: 2012-01-01

Ten directors, Israeli and Palestinian embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or...

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Zion and His Brother

as George
Released: 2009-01-17

Zion, 14, and his brother Meir, 17, are facing a crisis in their relationship after a terrible...

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Sense of Morning

as Mahmoud Darwish
Released: 2010-09-04

A man living in 1982 Beirut listens to the bombs fall and reminisces about the smell of coffee.

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Arnoos

as uncredited
Released: 2021-10-01

During a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, Sami, a 15 year old spoiled naive kid, and...

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Tala'Vision

as uncredited
Released: 2021-01-18

Trapped in a war ridden reality, with the hope of one day playing in the neighborhood’s football...

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The Bureau

as Nadim El Bachir
First aired: 2015-04-27

Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of...

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