Bakri Mohammad
Stampa Curricula
1953: born in Bina Village in Galilee (Israel)
Elementary school in Bina Village
Secondary school in Akko
1973-1976 Studies: Acting at the and Arabic literature
1976: Graduate of the Tel Aviv University
Since 1976: professional actor in different theatres in Israel and in Palestine (West Bank):
Habima Theatre (Israel's National Theatre), Carmeni Theatre, Haifa Theatre, Jerusalem Khan Theatre,
Alkasaba Theatre(Ramallah)
At the same time: professional Cinema actor. acting in many international film productions
as well as in Israeli and Palestinian films.
Participation in TV series for children programmes as a storyteller
He acts in Hebrew and Arabic
Essential Filmography and Theatrography:
Filmography as actor
« Matrimoni ed altri disastri » (2008) by Nina di Majo
La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007) by Paolo e Vittorio Taviani
"Private" by Saverio Costanzo (Italy 2004): Golden Leopard for the leopard for the best actor to the
main role, best film at the Locarno International Film Festival 2004
"The Olive Harvest" by Hannah Elias (Palestine/USA 2003)
"Desperado Square" by Benny Toraty (Israel 2001): Winner of five Israeli Academy Awards;
Antigone d�Or, Montpellier Filmfestival, France 2001
"Sous les pieds des femmes" by Rachida Krim (France, 1997)
"Haifa" by Rashid Masharawi (Palestine, Netherlands, 1995): Award for the Best Artistic Work
in the Medfilm Festival Rome, 1997
"The Milky Way" by Ali Nassar (Israel, 1997): Wolgin Award, Jerusalem Film Festival 1997
"The Tale of the Three Jewels" by Michel Khleifi (Belgium, Palestine,UK, 1994)
"Beyond the Walls II" by Uri Barabash (1994)
"Cup Final" by Eran Riklis (Israel, 1991)
"Foreign Nights" by Izidore K. Musallam (Canada, 1989)
"Rami og Julie" by Erik Clausen (Denmark, 1988)
"Esther" by Amos Gitai (Israel, UK 1986)
"Beyond the Walls" by Uri Barabash (Israel, 1984): International Critics Prize, 1984 Venice Film Festival; nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language, Film at the American Academy Awards in 1984
"Hanna K." by Constantin Costa- Gavras (Israel/ France, 1983)
Filmography as director
"1948", Palestine/Israel ,1998 (Documentary)
"Jenin, Jenin" Palestine 2002, (Documentary), Awards:
o "Best Film" at the Carthage International Film Festival 2002
o International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary Filmmaking and Reporting
Theatrography as actor
"Habima Theatre" (Israel's National Theatre):
o Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca 1980
o Seven Days by Moshico Moskovitch 2003-4
"Haifa Theatre":
o Hedda Gabler by Hendrik Ibsen 1994
o The Jerusalem Syndrome by Yehoshua Sobol, 1988
"The Jerusalem Khan Theatre" and "Alkasaba Theatre" (Ramallah):
o co-production of "Romeo and Juliet" based on Shakespeare's play by a troupe of Palestinian and Israeli
actors performing in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic, 1994
"Alkasaba Theatre" (Ramallah):
o The Clown by Muhamed Al Maghout,1998
o The Night and the Mountain by Abdel Gaffar Makkawi, 1995
o The Immigrant by George Shahada, 1999
o Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfmann, 1997
o The Fantastic Francis Hardy by Brian Friel1997
o The House of Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca 2000)
One-man-Plays, Adapting, directing and acting:
"The Pessoptimist" - based on a novel by the Palestinian writer Emil Habibi, 1986
"The Anchor" - based on a novel by the Syrian author Hanna Mina, 1994
"Season of Migration to the North" - based on a novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Saleh, 1997
"Abu Marmar" - written by Mohammad Bakri himself,1999 (about Palestinian prisoners)
Theatrography as director
"A Day in Our Times" (Yom min zamanina) 2004, based on a play by the Syrian playwriter:
Saadallah Wannous
"A view from the bridge", play by Arthur Miller 2002
"Samir and Yonathan" 2001, based on the book of Daniella Carmi "Samir and Yonathan on the
Planet Mars 1994 (Samir, a Palestinian boy, enters an Israeli hospital for surgery. The initial fear
and antagonism that he feels is mitigated by his bond with Yonathan, an Israeli)
Awards
Leopard for the Best Actor for the role in "Private" by Saverio Costanzo, Locarno International
Film Festival 2004
Palestine Prize for Cinema 1999 Ramallah
Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Haifa" by Rashid Masharawi, Valencia Festival 1997
Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls II" by Uri Barabash, Valencia Festival 1994
Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls" by Uri Barabash, Israel 1984