Anas Zawahri
Born 1987 (age 39) · Damascus, Syria
Appears in 7 titles

An independent Palestinian filmmaker, editor, and producer living in Syria, born in 1987. He graduated in engineering, specializing in decoration and interior design, in 2009. After that, he worked as an assistant engineer in his field of study, then shifted to filmmaking, developing his practice through many cinema workshops. His first feature documentary film, “My Memory is Full of Ghosts,” received a Special Mention at the “Visions du Réel” festival, in addition to the Best Arab Documentary Film award at the El-Gouna Film Festival in 2024. In 2025, he was selected to participate in Berlinale Talents. He directed the short fiction film “An Ordinary Day” in 2020 and the short documentary “Summer, City and Camera” in 2022. Since 2023, he has been a cinema teacher at the High Institute of Dramatic Arts, Department of Theater Studies, and he is currently working on many promising Syrian film projects. He is also working on his second feature documentary film, "Disappeared," which was recently supported by AFAC, Aflamuna, and CineGuna at the El-Gouna Film Festival.

Filmography

A GIRL WITH HER NEW WALL
A GIRL WITH HER NEW WALL
2021
Director
Summer, City and a Camera
Summer, City and a Camera
2022
Director
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
2024
Director
Fragile
Fragile
Director
Silence
Silence
2017
Director
Half Light
Half Light
2016
Director
An Ordinary Day
An Ordinary Day
2020
Director