بونبونة

BONBONÉ

short film
released 2017

غداََ يأتي الحبّ

TRUMPETS IN THE SKY

short film

released 2021

المفتاح

THE KEY

short film

released 2023

سوناتا البحر

SEA SONATA

short film

released 2010

ربّما

ROUBAMA

short film

released 2012

Kés

KNIFE

short film

filmed 2023

Short Film Trailers

Boushra, one of the potato-picking girls of the Valley, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end.

When Kareem's sentiments collide with the notion of time, his imagination succumbs to a vicious reality. Will his love be rendered non-existent? Inspired by a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, ‘Roubama' tells the story of a waiting refugee.

Portraits of Europe wander in the imagination of four refugees who meet on a boat off the coast of Lebanon: a Palestinian, an Iraqi, a Syrian and a Sri Lankan. Salvation remains the forbidden dream as the silence of waiting challenges the lust of arrival, the wind caressing their cheeks, and the boat maneuvering musically over the water.

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

An Israeli family's equilibrium gradually disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard every evening at the door of their apartment.

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.

بونبونة

غداََ يأتي الحبّ

المفتاح

سوناتا البحر

ربّما

Kés

In the pipeline: THREE DAYS & 1/3 (wt) Feature film currently in postproduction

Short Film Trailers

Boushra, one of the potato-picking girls of the Valley, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood will come to an end.

When Kareem's sentiments collide with the notion of time, his imagination succumbs to a vicious reality. Will his love be rendered non-existent? Inspired by a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, ‘Roubama' tells the story of a waiting refugee.

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

An Israeli family's equilibrium gradually disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard every evening at the door of their apartment.

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