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Fajr Yacoub

Fajr Yacoub

Directing

Biography

Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.

Known For

The Penguin
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A young woman lives alone in isolation in her home and experiences many events inside her imagination or in her dreams; however, the only real thing in her life is her little goldfish.

The Penguin

2006
Sarab
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Sarab

1998
The Unknown Woman
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A film written by Fajr Yacoub, adapted from a story of the same title by Colette Khoury. An experimental film about the loss of a person in the midst of an unfulfilled absence, a person who can be present or absent at any moment. The coincidence that brings the girl and her mother's lookalike together on the street is nothing more than a pretext for the narrative and the simulation of these emotions.

The Unknown Woman

2009
Wahdon
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Within a documentary framework, the film monitors the cinematic careers of three of the most influential directors of Lebanese cinema, as Christian Ghazi, George Nasr, and Nabiha Lutfi with a focus on the impact that each of them left on the history of Lebanese cinema.

Wahdon

2014
The Swing
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The movie was filmed in the village of Jabdeen/Damascus countryside, starring Samer Salameh, Tasneem Farid and Dunya Taj.

The Swing

2009
Iraqis in Multi-classes Exile
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"Iraqis in Multi-classes Exile" is documentary exploring the fragmented lives of Iraqi intellectuals exiled in Damascus, Syria, many of whom fled Iraq in the 1970s and 1980s under political and social duress. At its core, the film examines the psychological and existential burden of exile, especially through the lens of names and identity. Several of the film’s protagonists have lived under pseudonyms for decades, adopting fictional names to survive politically, socially, or artistically in a country that is not their own.

Iraqis in Multi-classes Exile

2008
Looking for Iolanda Gigliotti
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A film about chasing traces of Dalida

Looking for Iolanda Gigliotti

2023
Beirut Road 150,000 Kilometers
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Film by Fajr Yacoub

Beirut Road 150,000 Kilometers

2013
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Short movie

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