Rakan Mayasi is an independent filmmaker (Director, Screenwriter & Producer) from Palestine (diaspora), born in Germany and currently based between Bruxelles and Beirut. He studied Cinema, Theatre and Psychology in Lebanon and then received film training with Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He has an MA in Filmmaking from LUCA School of Arts in Belgium. He has written, directed and produced several short films. His previous film ROUBAMA was an official selection at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012. His short film BONBONÉ (acquired by Netflix worldwide) tackles the phenomenon of Palestinian sperm smuggling from Israeli jails and has world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 - it is the recipient of 35 Best Short Awards at international film festivals, namely Küstendorf Film and Music Festival and the 40th Moscow International Film Festival. Rakan recently underwent film training with Béla Tarr in Budapest where he conceived a film in 7 days, KÉS. TRUMPETS IN THE SKY is a short film exploring Cinema as a contemplative medium of visual poetry, metaphor and mythology. It won the honorable mention for Best International Short Film at TIFF 2021 in Canada, where it world premiered (acquired by France 3). Rakan’s latest short film is a political fantasy-thriller entitled THE KEY that is centred around the Palestinian right of return. It world premiered at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, USA 2023 (acquired by Canal+ internationale). Rakan just wrapped his first feature film shot entirely in the Bekaa Valley with non-professional actors and without a script. It follows a family triangle searching for a missing girl, focusing on space, time, metaphor and poetry. His second feature film project THE PASSPORT has been selected to participate at La Fabrique at Cannes Film Festival 2025.