Yassmina Karajah

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Yassmina Karajah

Biography

Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director who splits her time between Amman and Toronto. Her short films have screened internationally in festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, AFI, Dubai International Film Festival, and Melbourne International Film festival, amongst others. Her most recent film RUPTURE (2018) premiered at TIFF, was part of MoMA’s New Directors/New Films, and won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, where she was the first recipient of the Russo Brothers Fellowship. Karajah is an alumna of the University of Bristol Law School (LL.B), holds a degree in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors' Lab.

Known For

Director

Ambush

as Director

2017
Rupture

as Director

2014
Light

as Director

Writer

Ambush

as Writer

2024
The Sand Castle

as Writer

2017
Rupture

as Writer

2014
Light

as Writer

Editor

2014
Light

as Editor

Producer

2014
Light

as Executive Producer