Maysaloun Hamoud (; born 1982 in

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) is a Hungarian-born

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who is a

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. Her film '' Bar Bahar'' (''In Between'') won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere at the

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Biography

Maysaloun Hamoud was born in

in 1982 to Israeli parents of

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heritage. She grew up in Budapest and then

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. She read Middle Eastern studies at the

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. In 2004, introduced to cinema by an animator friend, she joined the Minshar School of Art in

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to study film. Hamoud is an Israeli citizen.

Career

Hamoud became a teacher after her graduation. In 2010, Hamoud directed ''Sense of Morning'', a short film inspired by Palestinian poet

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's ''Memory of Forgetfulness'' (1987). In the film, the poet strives to continue his daily routine of coffee and cigarettes on the last day of the siege of Beirut. At the Minshar School of Art, one of Hamoud's teachers was Shlomi Elkabetz, an Israeli film director. Hamoud developed her idea for the feature film ''Bar Bahar'' under his guidance and support. She has said that, according to him, her film is a sort of extension of Elkabetz's trilogy '' To Take a Wife'' (2004), ''

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'' (2007) and '' Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem'' (2014).

Works

* (2010) ''Sense of Morning'' (short film) * (2016) '' In Between'' (feature film) * (2021) ''Nafas'' (short film)

Honors

Hamoud's film '' Bar Bahar'' (''In Between'') won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere at the

. It also won three prizes, including the

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at the

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in 2016. In 2017, Hamoud received the Women in Motion Young Talents Award at the Cannes Film Festival from

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References

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