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Azza El-Hassan

Azza El-Hassan

Known for

Directing

Born

April 21, 1971 (age 55)

Biography

Azza El-Hassan is a winner of various film international awards such as, The ALEPH DOCUMENTARY AWARD, LUCHINO VISCONTI AWARD, JAZEERA JURY AWARD and the prestigious GRIERSON AWARD. Her work usually centers around narratives in the middle East with a special focus on the Palestinian war. Azza has a special interest in the use of visual archive, in films by nations who’s archive, has been destroyed or abducted. In 2019, she founded THE VOID PROJECT, a multi media art project, that aims to restore archival films, curate exhibitions and produce narratives that centres around archive and the effect of their abduction on narratives.

Best known work

Storyville

Storyville

1997
Title Deed from Moses

Title Deed from Moses

1998
Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image

Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image

2026
News Time

News Time

2001
3 cm Less

3 cm Less

2003
The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan

The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan

2014
A Remake of a Revolutionary Film

A Remake of a Revolutionary Film

2019

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image

    as Herself, Director, Writer

  2. 2019

  3. 2014

  4. 2003

    3 cm Less

    Director

  5. 2001

    News Time

    Producer, Cinematography, Director

  6. 1998

  7. 1997

    StoryvilleTV

    Director

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