User:Almassad

ARTIST/ WRITER / DIRECTOR / d has received international acclaim for his documentaries SHATTER HASSAN, RECYCLE and THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD, reaching international and regional audiences. The Arab World Child Association chose Al Massad to be the 2002 Arab Ambassador of Culture. His work was used in the curriculum of film academies all over Europe. Both feature films, RECYCLE and THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD, were supported by the Sundance Film Institute. RECYCLE was awarded the World Best Cinematography Award at Sundance in 2008, screened at over 130 international film festivals and was theatrically released in several European countries as well as screened on ITVS Independent Lens (USA). His latest film premiered at IDFA in 2010 and won the Best Documentary Award at Dubai International Film Festival. His current project BLESSED BENEFIT received the Abu Dhabi Film Commission Shasha Grant among more than 160 projects, won ARTE award and has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival's program L'ATELIER 2012.

2012 BLESSED BENEFIT (Narrative feature length, 90 min, Arte Best Pitch Award, Shasha Abu Dhabi Film Commission Grant, Cannes Film Festival’s program L’Atelier in 2012)

2011 TAP ( short fiction, 2 min)

2010 THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD (documentary, 80 min, Netherlands

Film Fund, ITVS, VPRO, Sundance)

2009 ORUSH & OSMAN (documentary, 22min, Al Jazeera English Witness)

2007 RECYCLE (documentary,78 min, Netherlands Film Fund, Sundance, WCF, ITVS) 2006 30 METERS OF SILENCE (documentary, 35min)

2002 GARE DU LYON (short fiction, 8 min)

2002 SHATTER HASSAN (documentary, 45 min)

1999 THE MERCATOR CARTIER (documentary, 64 min)

1998 LOMBOK 5th OF MAY (documentary/40 min)

1998 RITUAL (short fiction,12 min)

1998 BLOCK B (short fiction, 12 min)

1998 HUMAN LANDSCAPE (documentary/35 min)