Mai Masri

Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker who was born in Amman and grew up in Beirut. She studied film at San Francisco State University (USA) and founded Nour Productions in 1995 with her late husband, Jean Chamoun. She directed several films that were screened worldwide and won over 90 international awards. Masri’s feature narrative film, “3000 Nights” (2015) had its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and won 28 awards. Her filmography includes “Children of Fire” (1990), “Hanan Ashrawi” (1995), “Children of Shatila” (1998), “Frontiers of Dreams and Fears” (2001), “Beirut Diaries” (2006), “33 Days” (2007), and “Beirut: Eye of the Storm” (2021). She also co-directed with her husband Jean Chamoun the films “Under the Rubble” (1983), “Wildflowers” (1986), “War Generation – Beirut” (1988), and “Suspended Dreams” (1992).