Ziad Bakri
Ziad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and director. He starred in SCREWDRIVER, which enjoyed a busy festival career and was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, Malmo Arab Film Festival, and El Gouna Film Festival. Ziad's SCREWDRIVER won Best Film at the International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (Cinemed) and the Bosphorus Film Festival. It also won Best First Work and Best Actor for Ziad's role at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan. For his role in the French-Greek film THE BLIND SUN, which screened at several prestigious international film festivals, Ziad won the Best Actor award at Fantasporto.
In 2022, he starred in the Netflix film THE WEEKEND AWAY, and in 2023, he starred in the Italian film PROFETI, directed by Alessio Gremonini, who won Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes, Italy, and starring Donato Demita and Marco Horanich.
Ziad recently finished shooting THE STRANGERS' CASE, directed by Brandt Anderson whose film REFUGEE won the Jury prize at the French Rivera Film Festival and starring Omar Sy (THE INTOUCHABLES), Yasmine Al Massri (CARAMEL) and Angeliki Papoulia ( THE LOBSTER).
His upcoming projects also include THE SAND CASTLE, directed by Emmy-nominated director Matty Brown and starring Nadine Labaki and child Zain Al Rafeea, who collaborate for the second time after their film CAPERNAUM, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
Moreover, Ziad is not only an actor but also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed the short film THE SALT FISHERMAN, which played at the Dubai International Film Festival (2011) and earned him a Best Director nomination.
Acting
Movie
The Weekend Away
as Zain
2022
TV
The Bureau
as Nadim El Bachir
2015
Movie
Meet the Barbarians
as Marwan
2024
Movie
Miral
as Helmi
2010
Movie
The Sand Castle
as Nabil
2024
Movie
Blind Sun
as Ashraf Idriss
2016
Movie
I Was a Stranger
as Fathi
2025
Movie
Amira
as Bassel
2021
Movie
Profeti
2023
Movie
Personal Affairs
as Hisham
2017
Movie
Self Made
as Yusuf
2014
Movie
Ganapath
as John
2023
Movie
The Translator
as Sami
2021
Movie
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
as Taysir Hayb
2008
Movie
Bonboné
2018
Movie
Screwdriver
as Ziad
2018
Movie
Zion and His Brother
as George
2009
Movie
Water
as Himself
2012
Movie
Give Up the Ghost
as Ammar
2019
Movie
Mare Nostrum
2016
Movie
Tala'Vision
2021
Movie
Arnoos
2021
Movie
Mar Mama
2024
Movie
Sense of Morning
as Mahmoud Darwish
2010
