Yahya Alabdallah

Yahya Alabdallah

director, writer, producer

Yahya Alabdallah was born on Jul 05, 1978 in Libya. Yahya Alabdallah's big-screen debut came with The Last Friday directed by Yahya Alabdallah in 2011.

Palestinian - Jordanian Independent filmmaker Yahya was born in Libya in 1978, raised in Saudi Arabia, a writer, director, producer and a literary critic with Masters Degrees in literature and master in film from ECAIR Cinema School in Paris. He wrote and directed many shorts, his short "SMS" 2008 participated in the 38th international film festival Rotterdam, Tangier ISFF.His first feature "The Last Friday" 2011 participated in many festivals as Fribourg International film festival 2012 "won the special jury award", Berlinale forum 2012, Dubai International film festival 2011 won three awards (special Jury award, best actor, best music). and won Cinema in Motion at San Sebastian Film Festival 2011.He is working on his second comedy feature film "Me, Myself & Murdoch" Cannes International Film Festival, L'Atelier 2013.

  • Birthday

    Jul 05, 1978
  • Place of Birth

    Benghazi, Libya

Awards

9 wins & 22 nominations

Alexandria International Film Festival
2015
Best Actor
Winner - Certificate of Appreciation
Al majlis (2014)
2015
Feature Film
Winner - Certificate of Appreciation
Al majlis (2014)
Dubai International Film Festival
2014
Feature
Winner - Muhr Special Mention
Al majlis (2014)
2014
Best Non-Fiction Feature
Winner - Muhr Special Mention
Al majlis (2014)
2011
Feature
Winner - Muhr Arab Special Jury Prize
2011
Best Film - Feature
Winner - Muhr Arab Special Jury Prize
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