Anas Khalaf

History

Anas Khalaf is a Syrian filmmaker who currently lives in Jordan, having left Damascus with his family as a result of the Syrian conflict. He holds an MBA from the Normandy Business School, and with his wife Rana Kazkaz, he co-founded the production company Synéastes Films in 2010. He is the screenwriter and director of three short films, including 'Mare Nostrum' (2016), which has been selected for more than 30 festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Dubai International Film Festival, and has won nine international prizes. He also works as an actor, having played roles in 'Dégradé' (2015), 'With Premeditation' (2014) and the television series 'The Bureau' (2015-).

Movies

The Translator

Producer

A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.

The Translator

Idea

A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.

The Translator

Director

A Syrian exile living in Australia returns when his brother is taken into custody by the Assad regime in 2011.

Mare Nostrum

Co-Producer

On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian father's decision to give his daughter a better life puts her in danger of losing it.

Mare Nostrum

Director

On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian father's decision to give his daughter a better life puts her in danger of losing it.

Driving to Zigzigland

Executive Producer

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

Seul le silence

Un ami de Neda