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Hisham Zreiq

Hisham Zreiq (Arabic: هشام زريق, Hebrew: הישאם זרייק; born 9 February 1968 in Nazareth), also spelled Zrake, is a Palestinian-Israeli Independent filmmaker, poet, animator and visual artist. He began working in computer art in 1994, and in 1996 started exhibiting his work in galleries and museums.[1] In 2007 he filmed his first documentary, The Sons of Eilaboun,[2] and in 2008 he created the short film Just Another Day,[3] dealing with the life of Arabs living in western world after the September 11 terror attacks.[4] He uses his poetry and visual art in his films, as in Just Another Day,[5] and was a member of the Culture Unplugged film festival panel.[6] In 2018 Zreiq contributed to the book An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by writing a chapter based on the interviews from his documentary The Sons of Eilaboun.[7] In 2023 he started a music project called 'Goddess Asherah' [8]

Hisham Zreiq
Born (1968-02-09) 9 February 1968 (age 56)
Nazareth, Israel
Other namesHisham Zrake
Occupation(s)Visual artist, film director, producer, animator, screenwriter, software architect and poet
Years active1994–present
AwardsAl-Awda Award for Best Documentary Film
2008 The sons of Eilaboun
Websitehttp://www.hishamzreiq.com

Early life

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Zreiq was born and raised in Nazareth, the son of Lydia Zreiq (née Dubayah), an elementary school teacher, and Salem Zreiq, a history high school teacher; both were Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christians. He has two sisters and two brothers. Zreiq is married and has one son.

Zreiq studied computer science and mathematics, and works as a software architect. In March 2001 he moved to Germany, where he lives and works.[1]

Film career

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In 2006 Hisham Zreiq started producing/directing films starting with the documentary ‘The Sons of Eilaboun’, that won Al-Awda Award in Palestine, followed by the short fiction film ‘Just another day’ (2009), a film that deals with the Arabs in the western world after September 11 attacks. In 2010/2011 he produced the short fiction ‘Before you is the Sea’, a film about the Middle East peace process in a form of a love story between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man. In 2021 Zreiq finished a short animated film ‘Don't Cry’ that was selected for the Al Ard Film Festival the 18th-edition.[9]


Filmography

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Awards and honors

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In 2004 Hisham Zreiq was one of the winners of the award "Kunst- und Förderpreis Sparkasse Bayreuth", and his work was exhibited at Kunst & Museum Hollfeld.[10] After the premiere screening of his first film "The Sons of Eilaboun" in Nazareth, Hisham Zreiq was honored by Ramiz Jaraisy, the mayor of Nazareth, and by Dr. Hana Sweid, an Israeli Arab politician and member of Knesset from Eilaboun.[11] Ramiz Jaraisy described the film as an important work which tells the Palestinian story in a contrast with the dominant Israeli version.[12] His film won the Al-Awda award in Palestine 2008,[13] and in April 2012 Hisham Zreiq was chosen to be the artist of the month in the magazine This Week in Palestine.[14] Some of Zreiq's works were featured in the ArtWanted.com book Creative Minds.[15][16] His animated short film Don't Cry won over 20 awards.[17]

Awards

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  • Kunst- und Förderpreis Sparkasse Bayreuth (2004), Hollfeld, Germany
  • Best documentary, Al-Awda award (2008), Ramallah, Palestine [13]
  • Best short animation, Best Istanbul Film Festival (2022), Istanbul, Turkey[18]
  • Best Creative (Short film), International Halicarnassus Film Festival (2022), Bodrum, Turkey[19]
  • Best Animation, Sweet Democracy Film Awards (2022), Rome, Italy [20]
  • Best Animation, New York Neorealism Film Awards (2022), Rome, Italy [21]
  • Best Animated Film, Stanley Film Awards (2022), London, United Kingdom [22]
  • Award of Recognition: Animation, IndieFEST Film Awards (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA [23]
  • Award of Recognition: Direction, IndieFEST Film Awards (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA
  • Award of Recognition: Animation, Accolade Global Film Competition (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA [24]
  • Award of Recognition: Film Short, Accolade Global Film Competition (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA [24]
  • Best Animated Short Film, Triloka International Filmfare Awards (2022), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India[25]
  • Best Director, Triloka International Filmfare Awards (2022), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India[25]
  • Best Animation Director, Mumbai Entertainment International Film Festival (2022), Mumbai, India[26]
  • Honorable Mention , Mannheim Arts and Film Festival (2022), Mannheim , Germany[27]

Official Selections

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His films were screened in several festivals and events, such as:

 
Hisham Zreiq Honored by Ramiz Jaraisy the mayor of Nazareth and Dr. Hana Sweid a Knesset member
  • Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention 2008, California, United States [28]
  • Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008, United States [29]
  • International İzmir Short Film Festival 2008, Izmir, Turkey[30]
  • Amal The International Euro-Arab film Festival 2008, Spain [31]
  • Carthage Film Festival 2008 (Palestine: To remember section), Carthage, Tunisia[32]
  • Regards Palestiniens, Montreal, Canada [33]
  • Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009[34]
  • 13th Annual Arab Film Festival, 2009[35]
  • Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minnesota, USA [36]
  • Salento International Filem Festival, 2010, Italy [37]
  • Palestine Film Festival in Madrid, 2010, Spain [38]
  • 18th Damascus International Film Festival, 2010, Syria [39]
  • Al Ard Doc Film Festival, 2011, Cagliari, Italy [40]
  • Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2012, Toronto, Canada [41]
  • Al Ard Film Festival the 18th-edition, 2022, Cagliari, Italy [42]
  • Madrid Indie Film Festival • MADRIFF 2022, Madrid, Spain[43]

Non-film activities

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Zreiq is a software architect[44] and learned his trade in Israel at the Technion and Haifa University, and worked for almost 10 years in Israel in hi-tech companies.[45] Zreiq Wrote a chapter for the history book An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba based on the interviews from his documentary The Sons of Eilaboun.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hisham Zreiq". OneFineArt. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ The Sons of Eilaboun at IMDb  
  3. ^ Just Another Day at IMDb  
  4. ^ "Hisham Zreiq, Erlangen, Germany". Festival Focus. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Hisham Zrake (Zreiq)". Artwanted.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ Culture Unplugged Film Festival
  7. ^ a b Zreiq, Hisham. "10: The Sons and Daughters of Eilaboun". In Abdo-Zubi, Nahla; Masalha, Nur (eds.). An oral history of the Palestinian Nakba. ISBN 9781786993502.
  8. ^ "Goddess Asherah". Bandcamp.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Al-Ard 18th edition list of selected films". Al-Ard Film Festival. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Kunst in Hollfeld: Verblüffende Fotos mit der Großbildkamera, feine Kleinfiguren und düstere Computer-Welt". Kunst-Kultur-Hollfeld (in German). Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  11. ^ مذبحة عيلبون في فيلم روائي فلسطيني جديد. Aljazeera (in Arabic). 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008.
  12. ^ "أبناء عيلبون" فيلم يحكي قصة قرية تشكل نموذجاً لمئات القرى التي هدمتها إسرائيل. Palestine Issue Forum. September 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011.
  13. ^ a b "2nd Annual Al-Awda Award Spotlights Palestinian Talent 60 Years into the Nakba". BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008.
  14. ^ "Artist of the Month: Hisham Zreiq". This Week in Palestine. No. 168. April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Creative Minds Book: Featured Artists". ArtWanted.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006.
  16. ^ Creative Minds. ArtWanted.com. 2004. ISBN 978-0976330417.
  17. ^ Don't Cry at IMDb  
  18. ^ "February (2022)". Istanbul Film Festival. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Session 19". International Halicarnassus Film Festival. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Winners March 2022". Sweet Democracy Film Awards.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ "Winners March 2022". New York Neorealism Film Awards. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Winners First Edition". Stanley Film Awards. 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Award of Recognition May 2022". The Indiefest Film Awards. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Awards of Recognition May 2022". Accolade Global Film Competition. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Photos". Triloka International Filmfare Awards. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Winner List 2022". Mumbai Entertainment International Film Festival. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Winners 2022". Mannheim Arts and Film Festival. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  28. ^ ""The Sons of Eilaboun" at Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention". Al-Awda Convention. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
  29. ^ "Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  30. ^ International İzmir Short Film Festival 2008[permanent dead link]
  31. ^ "Amal 08 The International Euro-Arab film Festival". Cinematech. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Films". Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage. 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  33. ^ Regards Palestiniens film festival
  34. ^ "Sons of Eliaboun". Chicago Palestine Film Festival. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  35. ^ "Sons of Eliaboun". 13th Annual Arab Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  36. ^ "The Sons of Eliaboun". Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  37. ^ "SALENTO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
  38. ^ "Palestine Film Festival in Madrid". Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  39. ^ "Just another day". Damascus International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  40. ^ "AL ARD DOC FILM FESTIVAL – Lista Film ammessi e programma proiezioni". Sardegna Palestina (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  41. ^ "Program 2012". Toronto Palestine Film Festival. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  42. ^ "Al Ard 18th Edition – List of Selected Films". Associazione Amicizia Sardegna Palestina. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  43. ^ Madrid Indie Film Festival • MADRIFF[dead link]
  44. ^ "About Hisham". Hisham Zreiq. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  45. ^ Hisham Zreiq Resume
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