Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director whose work has screened at international festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, AFI, Melbourne International Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films at MoMA.
Her short film Rupture (2018) was named to TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten, acquired by The Criterion Channel, and awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, where she became the first recipient of the Russo Brothers Fellowship.
Her latest short, Ambush (2025), premiered at TIFF and competed in the Wide Angle Asian Short Film Competition at the Busan International Film Festival. She holds an LL.B from the University of Bristol, a BFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors’ Lab. She is currently developing her debut feature, set in Amman, Jordan.
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