Ramzi Maqdisi

Ramzi Maqdisi is a Palestinian filmmaker and a film and theater actor. As an actor Ramzi is known for Ghost Hunting (2017) awarded the best documentary at the Berlinale. His roles include The Translator (2020); Pour la Cause (2019); Writing on Snow (2017); Solomon's Stone (2015); Omar (2013) and The Attack (2012). In 2015 Ramzi directed and acted in Solomon's Stone which won the Best Short Film Audience Award at Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. As a writer/director, Ramzi wants to disrupt, but he is careful. His films use subtlety and Kafkaesque humour to tell the little known story of how the Israeli government have damaged not just the bodies but also the minds of Palestinians in the occupied territories.