Joud Saeed
Biography
Joud Said is a Syrian director and writer born in 1980 in Damascus, Syria. He holds an MA in Directing from Lousi lomiere in France (2007). He has under his belt a number of shorts and feature films that toured international festivals garnering awards, including Monologue (2007), Wada’an (2008), Mara Okhra (2009) that garnered Best Arab Film award at San Francisco Film Festival and Jury award at Damascus Film Festival, My Last Friend (2012), Waiting For the Fall (2015) that won the golden prize at Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition at Cairo International Film Festival and Best Script award at Oran International Arabic Film.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The story revolves around a woman who faces a lot of troubles and ambitions, and she lives in chaos, emotional and great life due to the circumstances of her sick son and her daughter who becomes the focus of attention of one of the influential people, so that the struggle begins in her life between the desire to preserve the life of her son, and the happiness of her daughter threatened, through her simple human relations with surrounding characters With her in her village.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Story revolves around a love story between a soldier at a checkpoint and a girl living next door, who face political differences and the problems of war. The events and personalities of the film also monitor stories from the contemporary Syrian scene that bear the smallest details, as the film deals with the daily and daily reality in Syria.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A retired security man returns to civilian life to realize that he has lost his value, so he begins a journey to regain that value and his position in life.