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Maysaloun Hamoud

Maysaloun Hamoud is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and screenwriter, known for her first feature film Bar Bahar (In Between).

born 1982Directing the film Bar BaharThe short film Sense of Morning2016 Toronto NETPAC Award

Occupation: film director, screenwriter, director
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Maysaloun Hamoud was born in 1982 in Budapest

Hamoud was born in Budapest in 1982 to a Palestinian family from Deir Hanna. Her father studied medicine in Hungary, and the family later settled in Beersheba, where he worked at Soroka hospital. While she was in middle school, the family moved back to Deir Hanna.

She went to high school in Eilabun, near Deir Hanna. The Second Intifada and the events of October 2000 shaped her Palestinian identity.

She studied Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a bachelor's degree. In 2004 she began studying film at the Minshar School of Art in Tel Aviv. One of her teachers there was director Shlomi Elkabetz.

In 2010 she directed the short film Sense of Morning, inspired by a work of Mahmoud Darwish. Her first feature, Bar Bahar, follows 3 Palestinian-Israeli women sharing an apartment in Tel Aviv. It won awards in Toronto and San Sebastián in 2016 and also caused controversy among Arab citizens of Israel.

She lives with her partner Arad Shaouat, and they have a daughter named Leila.

Maysaloun Hamoud's life in 7 milestones

1982
Born in Budapest.
2004
Began studying film at the Minshar School of Art.
2010
Directed the short film Sense of Morning.
2016
Bar Bahar won the NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
2016
Bar Bahar won 3 prizes at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, including the Sebastiane Award.
2017
Received the Women in Motion Young Talents Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
2017
Bar Bahar was nominated in 12 categories at the Ophir Awards.