Maysaloun Hamoud

Maysaloun Hamoud (; born 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born film director who is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. Her film Bar Bahar (In Between) won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Biography Maysaloun Hamoud was born in Budapest in 1982 to Israeli parents of Palestinian heritage. She grew up in Budapest and then Beersheba, Israel. She read Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2004, introduced to cinema by an animator friend, she joined the Minshar School of Art in Tel-Aviv to study film.

Hamoud is an Israeli citizen.

Career Hamoud became a teacher after her graduation.

Works (2010) Sense of Morning (short film) (2016) In Between (feature film) (2021) Nafas (short film)

Honors Hamoud's film Bar Bahar (In Between) won the NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It also won three prizes, including the Sebastiane Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2016.