The Audience Award at the last edition of Animayo International Film Festival (Las Palmas di Gran Canaria) goes to SULEIMA from Jalal Maghout.
Jalal Maghout is an independent filmmaker from Syria who started his film career after receiving a bachelor’s degree in visual communication from Damascus University in 2010. He has produced and directed a variety of short animated films that played at festivals around the world, including his most recent film “Suleima” – an animated documentary which has been selected for: Dok-Leipzig, Carrefour Du Cinéma d’Animation-Paris, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Animafest Zagreb and ANNECY International Animation Film Festival.
Currently, Jalal is preparing his master-film in Berlin besides developing other projects.
