
Directing
Yassmina Karajah
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director who splits her time between Amman and Toronto. Her short films have screened internationally in festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, AFI, Dubai International Film Festival, and Melbourne International Film festival, amongst others. Her most recent film RUPTURE (2018) premiered at TIFF, was part of MoMA’s New Directors/New Films, and won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, where she was the first recipient of the Russo Brothers Fellowship. Karajah is an alumna of the University of Bristol Law School (LL.B), holds a degree in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of t…
Known for
5.7Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.
The Sand Castle
2024
Devastated by the death of his newborn son, Omar is challenged by his mother’s request that he performs religious pre-burial rituals in the confines of a hospital.
Light
2014
5.7On a sweltering summer day, four Arab kids venture into their new city to look for a pool and find relief from the heat.
Rupture
2017
NRIn this short, a pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces.
Ambush
2025
Behind the camera
5.7Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.
The Sand Castle
2024
Devastated by the death of his newborn son, Omar is challenged by his mother’s request that he performs religious pre-burial rituals in the confines of a hospital.
Light
2014
Devastated by the death of his newborn son, Omar is challenged by his mother’s request that he performs religious pre-burial rituals in the confines of a hospital.
Light
2014
5.7On a sweltering summer day, four Arab kids venture into their new city to look for a pool and find relief from the heat.
Rupture
2017
5.7On a sweltering summer day, four Arab kids venture into their new city to look for a pool and find relief from the heat.
Rupture
2017
NRIn this short, a pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces.
Ambush
2025
NRIn this short, a pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces.
Ambush
2025
