Eyas al-Mokdad
Eyas al-Mokdad is a Syrian filmmaker, choreographer and dancer. He holds a master’s degree in Transmedia (Audiovisual arts) from the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, as well as a bachelor’s degree in dramatic arts–ballet dance from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and a master's in film from the KASK arts school in Ghent. Mokdad has worked on many performances and films as a dancer, choreographer and assistant director. He created his first film in 2003. He adopts experimentation as a methodology in dance and filmmaking.
Hala Omran: ‘Acting is my life’
23 June 2022
"I cannot work on a project unless I’m fully engaged with it. My thoughts, my body, my feelings, my knowledge and memory—it all revolves around the work that I do."
Mohamad Al Roumi: Cinema is always necessary
11 March 2022
“They were living in a state of harmony and contentment, and they would have preferred to go on living their lives as they were, rather than move to other, more...
Within the margins, and breaking free: Syrian cinema
23 January 2021
“You are trapped within that room that represents your memory, and all your personal story. It is all you have, your world. But after that, it starts shrinking, and that...
