Kamel El Basha

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Kamel El Basha
Born
Malha, Palestine,
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director
Years active1987–present
AwardsVolpi Cup for Best Actor 2017
Websitekamelelbasha.com

Kamel El Basha or Kamel el-Basha (

Arabic: كامل الباشا) (born c. 1962) is a Palestinian actor, theatre director
, teacher, and translator.

Early life

Kamel El Basha was born around 1962

1967 war, when Israel battled Syrian, Jordanian, and Egyptian armies, afterwards claiming a large amount of territory.[1]

As a child, when there was no television, he would perform for other children in the neighbourhood in his home.[1]

El Basha studied theatre from 1979 to 1983. As a young man, he was imprisoned by the Israeli authorities for two years owing to his activism on behalf of the

Palestinian people.[2]

He studied theatre in Baghdad, Iraq, at some point.[1]

Career

El Basha has acted in, directed, and also written and translated plays for the stage.[2]

He began his career as a stage actor after his release from prison, making a notable debut in the Arabic version of Brecht's The Exception and the Rule.[2]

He has appeared in several Palestinian TV series and films, including Palestinian director Muayad Alayan's 2015 film Love, Theft and Other Entanglements,[2] as well as his 2018 award-winning film about an affair between a married Israeli woman and a married Palestinian man, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem.[5] [6]

El Basha came to international attention for his role as Palestinian refugee Yasser Abdallah Salameh in the 2017 film The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri.[7][2] The film won several awards,[8][9] and El Kamal won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance.[7]

He starred in the 2023 short films An Orange in Jaffa and Palestinian Islands.

safecracker Youssef Mizouni in the eight-part British heist television series Culprits.[11]

He plays a major role in the 2024 Australian TV series

western Sydney.[14]

Other activities

El Basha was artistic director of the

Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011, and the artistic director of Quds Art from 2012.[15]

Awards

2017: Volpi Cup for Best Actor in the 74th Venice International Film Festival ,for The Insult[7][16][2]

Personal life

El Basha is

Muslim, while his wife is a Palestinian Christian woman. As of March 2024 they live in East Jerusalem.[1]

He sees his acting talent as a "gift from God".[1]

Filmography

As actor

Others

  • 2014: Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (documentary), writer and director
  • 2016 : Defying my disability (documentary), executive producer

Selected theatre credits

Directing

  • Suquut al Qastal (سقوط القسطل)
  • Ness Kiis Rasas (نص كيس رصاص)
  • Al Qamees al Masruq (القميص المسروق)
  • Madeenat al Sa'aada (مدينة السعادة)
  • Ward wa Yasmeen (ورد وياسمين)
  • Al Arees (العريس)
  • Sahra Maqdisiyyah (سهرة مقدسية)

Acting

  • Al Qamees al Masruq (القميص المسروق)
  • Al Aydi al Qazira (الأيدي القذرة)
  • Al Zeer Salem (الزير سالم)
  • Mawta bila Qubuur (موتى بلا قبور)
  • Hajar al Tahqeeq (حجر التحقيق)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Taylor, Catherine (2 March 2024). "House of Gods' Kamel El Basha believes in the power of stories to bring people together". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 2 March 2024. My first memories are of the '67 war,... I was five years old and I remember running from our house with the whole family.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Kamel El Basha". El Gouna Film Festival. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Manahat – Malha". Israel and You. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ Shams, Alex (16 May 2014). "Retracing the Nakba in West Jerusalem's al-Malha". Alex Shams. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "The Reports on Sarah and Saleem". IFFR. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ Weissberg, Jay (6 February 2018). "Rotterdam Film Review: 'The Reports on Sarah and Saleem'". Variety. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Kamel El Basha Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival". Vogue Arabia. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. Screen Daily
    . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ^ Saperstein, Pat (14 January 2018). "'Félicité,' 'The Charmer' Among Palm Springs Film Festival Winners". Variety. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Kamel El Basha". Unifrance. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. ^ Robinson, Abby (8 November 2023). "Meet the characters in Disney Plus thriller". Radio Times. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (25 March 2024). "French series Rematch triumphs at Series Mania". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  13. ^ "about". Festival Séries Mania. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  14. ^ Slatter, Sean (10 March 2023). "Kamel El Basha and Maia Abbas join Osamah Sami in Matchbox Pictures' 'House of Gods'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Biography". Kamel El Basha. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Palestinian wins best actor award at Venice film fest". Retrieved 1 December 2017.

External links

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