
Directing
Anas Zawahri
Born
1987-03-16 (39)
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
He is an independent Palestinian filmmaker, editor, and producer based in Syria, born in 1987. Initially trained in engineering with a specialization in decoration and interior design, he transitioned to cinema through extensive workshops and practical experience. His first feature documentary, My Memory is Full of Ghosts 2024, received a Special Mention at Visions du Réel and won Best Arab Documentary at the El-Gouna Film Festival. In 2026, he participated in Berlinale Talents Program during Berlin International Film Festival. Zawahri has also directed the short fiction film An Ordinary Day 2020 and the short documentary Summer, City and Camera 2022. Since 2023, he has been teaching cin…
Known for
NRAn experimental short film
Fragile
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NRSummer 2018 in Damascus, An ordinary day to "Abu Firas" who is a taxi driver, suffers from various pressures. In this day, many customers from different ages and social classes take his car. And with every customer who gets in it, "Abu Firas" tries to win his sympathy by making some painful stories about himself, to make more money from them. And each time his customers' reactions differ according to their backgrounds. Until this method cause to "Abu Firas" a strong shock at the end of his day
An Ordinary Day
2020
NRLike a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
2024
NRStuck in a cycle of grief, a young woman continually relives her memories of a ruptured life. Detaching from her past is the only way to break the cycle and be reborn.
Half Light
2016
NRAn experimental short film
Silence
2017
NRThe confusion, fatigue, and exhaustion of a twenty-year-old girl were evident when she recently moved into a new, empty house to live in.
A GIRL WITH HER NEW WALL
2021
Behind the camera
NRAn experimental short film
Fragile
—
NRSummer 2018 in Damascus, An ordinary day to "Abu Firas" who is a taxi driver, suffers from various pressures. In this day, many customers from different ages and social classes take his car. And with every customer who gets in it, "Abu Firas" tries to win his sympathy by making some painful stories about himself, to make more money from them. And each time his customers' reactions differ according to their backgrounds. Until this method cause to "Abu Firas" a strong shock at the end of his day
An Ordinary Day
2020
NRSummer 2018 in Damascus, An ordinary day to "Abu Firas" who is a taxi driver, suffers from various pressures. In this day, many customers from different ages and social classes take his car. And with every customer who gets in it, "Abu Firas" tries to win his sympathy by making some painful stories about himself, to make more money from them. And each time his customers' reactions differ according to their backgrounds. Until this method cause to "Abu Firas" a strong shock at the end of his day
An Ordinary Day
2020
NRLike a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
2024
NRLike a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
2024
NRStuck in a cycle of grief, a young woman continually relives her memories of a ruptured life. Detaching from her past is the only way to break the cycle and be reborn.
Half Light
2016
NRAn experimental short film
Silence
2017
NRThe confusion, fatigue, and exhaustion of a twenty-year-old girl were evident when she recently moved into a new, empty house to live in.
A GIRL WITH HER NEW WALL
2021
NRSummer 2021, in Damascus city, some young emerging directors roamed the city's streets to follow their dreams and shoot their first movies with the simplest available tools. so, the city would open her arms and hug them day and night with her streets and neighborhoods.
Summer, City and a Camera
2022
