Yaser Kassab
An award-winning Syrian filmmaker and producer based in Stockholm. Holding a Master’s in Film from Gothenburg University, his work focuses on representation and personal narratives. His acclaimed documentary trilogy, offering a poetic perspective on the Syrian tragedy, has screened at major festivals like Venice Biennale, IDFA, Cinema du Réel, and Vision du Réel, earning awards including IDFA’s Best First Feature and Cinema du Réel’s Joris Ivens Prize.
Rima Alhamedd
An Artist/Architect, who was born in Syria in 1986, based in Stockholm.
She holds a Master's in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design at KTH. She has a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Aleppo University, and studied in the Master's program of Chaillot, in the restoration and rehabilitation of archeological and historical sites in Damascus.
Rima also studied Fine Arts and Photography in three schools around Sweden and did work on several photography projects. Rima was the director assistant of the film “On the Edge of Life”
and worked as an editor in “I have seen nothing, I have seen all”
She did two short animation videos and participated in several training workshops in filmmaking in Beirut and Istanbul with professional trainees.
