Yousef Al-Waeli
Birth : 2002-11-01, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
History
Yousef Al-Waeli has always had a passion for movies. He was born in Abu Dhabi, UAE & At age 4 he was diagnosed with Leukemia and would spend all his time in the hospital watching classic films. After 4 long years of battling cancer, he was finally cured and that’s when he and his family decided to move to Vancouver Canada, where his passion for movies didn’t only continue, but grew. He got a job working at a movie theater, where within his first few months was awarded employee of the month for his love and knowledge of movies. He graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School where he began Brown Brothers Productions. It was there where he found his love of writing & directing. Yousef always liked to appear in his films in a cameo but recently he began acting with starring roles in “That’s Life” & MyRODEReel 2019 competitor “Stay”
Producer
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Editor
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Director of Photography
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Writer
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Director
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Nazim
Rebecca (Ava Smout) recruits her siblings, Russell (Noah Herbers) & James (Jason Kinnear), to plan a heist against her estranged father (Dane Manrell), stealing money to pay for their college tuition.
Editor
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Producer
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Story
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Writer
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Director
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Chris
Life is hard for Chris (Yousef Al-Waeli) until he sees Joker and turns his frown upside down.
Producer
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Story
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Writer
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Editor
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Director
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Sohail Fascio
"Stay" tells the story of Sohail Fascio (Yousef Al-Waeli) as he remembers all the good times he had with his girlfriend Natalia Post (Sarah Khaleel)
Assistant Director
Every person is born without conditioning. They are raised and taught who they are and who they should become. They’re expected to fit into an idealized mold of the perfect “boy” or “girl.” What happens when someone doesn’t fit that mold… Through interviews paired and poetic images Formless creates a portrait of the trans body. The film pairs sketched animations with live-action bodies to match and highlight differences in body shapes and to create a contrast between the “ideal” mold of a gendered body and the real bodies that trans and gender non-conforming people live in. It is an honest exploration of dysphoria, euphoria, and the molds that society offers. The body is a deeply personal thing to many trans people and this film explores the unique ways trans people experience their bodies in modern society; the liberation of stepping outside of those molds and the liberation of fitting within them.
Co-Producer
Every person is born without conditioning. They are raised and taught who they are and who they should become. They’re expected to fit into an idealized mold of the perfect “boy” or “girl.” What happens when someone doesn’t fit that mold… Through interviews paired and poetic images Formless creates a portrait of the trans body. The film pairs sketched animations with live-action bodies to match and highlight differences in body shapes and to create a contrast between the “ideal” mold of a gendered body and the real bodies that trans and gender non-conforming people live in. It is an honest exploration of dysphoria, euphoria, and the molds that society offers. The body is a deeply personal thing to many trans people and this film explores the unique ways trans people experience their bodies in modern society; the liberation of stepping outside of those molds and the liberation of fitting within them.
