Talal Derki

Talal Derki Arabic ???? ????? born 24 July 1977 in Damascus Syria of Kurdish descent is a director producer and screenwriter Talal Derki studied film directing in Athens at Stavrako High Institute of Cinematographic Art and Television graduation in 2003 He worked as an assistant director for feature film productions and was a director for different Arab TV programs TV films between 2009 and 2012 He worked as a freelance cameraman for CNN and Thomson Reuters Talal Derkis short films and documentaries received awards at a variety of festivals His feature documentary RETURN TO HOMS has won the Sundance Film Festivals World Cinema Grand Jury Prize In 2014 he was a member of the international Jury at IDFA Talal Derki lives now in Exile in Berlin Germany From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia