Rashid Masharawi

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Rashid Masharawi

Directing 64 January 1, 1962

Gaza, Palestine

Rashid Masharawi (Arabic: رشيد مشهراوي; born 1962) is a Palestinian film director, born in Gaza in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp. R…

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From Ground Zero

From Ground Zero

7.4 2025 Movie
Haifa

Haifa

6.3 1996 Movie
Drifting

Drifting

6.0 1982 Movie
When Night Falls

When Night Falls

5.8 1985 Movie
Hassan

Hassan

2026 Movie
Laila's Birthday

Laila's Birthday

5.8 2009 Movie
Attentive

Attentive

9.0 2005 Movie
Citizen Osama

Citizen Osama

2026 Movie
Tension

Tension

1998 Movie
Curfew

Curfew

5.5 1994 Movie
Palestine Stereo

Palestine Stereo

8.0 2014 Movie
Ticket to Jerusalem

Ticket to Jerusalem

6.2 2002 Movie

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Rashid Masharawi (Arabic: رشيد مشهراوي; born 1962) is a Palestinian film director, 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. Through his documentaries and feature films, he has made a name for himself as a film artist and has received several film awards.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Citizen Osama

    Movie Producer

  2. 2026
    Hassan

    Movie Producer

  3. 2025
    Very Small Dreams

    Movie Producer

  4. 2025
    Colors Under the Sky

    Movie Producer

  5. 2025
    The Clown of Gaza

    Movie Producer

  6. 2025
    From Ground Zero

    Movie Producer

  7. 2024
    Passing Dreams

    Movie Director

  8. 2021
    Recovery

    Movie Director

  9. 2021
    Journal de la Rue Gabrielle

    Movie Director

  10. 2017
    Writing on Snow

    Movie Director

  11. 2014
    Letters From Al-Yarmouk

    Movie Director

  12. 2014
    Palestine Stereo

    Movie Director

  13. 2009
    Laila's Birthday

    Movie Producer

  14. 2005
    Attentive

    Movie Director

  15. 2005
    Arafat, My Brother

    Movie Director

  16. 2002
    Ticket to Jerusalem

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2000
    Upside Down

    Movie Director

  2. 1999
    Behind the walls

    Movie Director

  3. 1998
    Tension

    Movie Director

  4. 1996
    Haifa

    Movie Director

  5. 1994
    Curfew

    Movie Director

  6. 1991
    No Te Metas

    Movie

  7. 1991
    Long Days in Gaza

    Movie Director

  8. 1990
    Merry-Go-Round

    Movie Director

  9. 1989
    Shelter

    Movie Director

  10. 1986
    Passport

    Movie Director

  11. 1985
    When Night Falls

    Movie

  12. 1982
    Drifting

    Movie

  13. —
    Dreams of Farah and Zahra

    Movie Supervising Producer