Hisham Zreiq

Zreiq was born and raised in Nazareth, the son of Lydia Zreiq (née Dubayah), an elementary school teacher, and Salem Zreiq, a history high school teacher; both were Palestinian Eastern Orthodox Christians.

Zreiq studied computer science and mathematics, and works as a software architect. In March 2001 he moved to Germany, where he lives and works.

In 2006 Hisham Zreiq started producing/directing films starting with the documentary 'The Sons of Eilaboun', that won Al-Awda Award in Palestine, followed by the short fiction film 'Just another day' (2009), a film that deals with the Arabs in the western world after September 11 attacks. In 2010/2011 he produced the short fiction 'Before you is the Sea', a film about the Middle East peace process in a form of a love story between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man. In 2021 Zreiq finished a short animated film ‘Don't Cry’ that was selected for the Al Ard Film Festival the 18th-edition.{{cite web |url=https://www.alardfilmfestival.com/news/al-ard-18th-edition-list-of-selected-films |title=Al-Ard 18th edition list of selected films |website=Al-Ard Film Festival |access-date=12 June 2024}}

• The Sons of Eilaboun (2007, documentary film)
• Just Another Day (2008)
• Before you is the sea (2011, short film)
• Don't Cry (2022, short animated film)

In 2004 Hisham Zreiq was one of the winners of the award "Kunst- und Förderpreis Sparkasse Bayreuth", and his work was exhibited at Kunst & Museum Hollfeld.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kunst-kultur-hollfeld.de/presseberichte.php?i=1 |title=Kunst in Hollfeld: Verblüffende Fotos mit der Großbildkamera, feine Kleinfiguren und düstere Computer-Welt |website=Kunst-Kultur-Hollfeld |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131104134/http://kunst-kultur-hollfeld.de/presseberichte.php?i=1 |archive-date=2009-01-31 |url-status=dead |language=de}}

After the premiere screening of his first film "The Sons of Eilaboun" in Nazareth, Hisham Zreiq was honored by Ramiz Jaraisy, the mayor of Nazareth, and by Dr. Hana Sweid, an Israeli Arab politician and member of Knesset from Eilaboun.{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.net/News/archive/archive?ArchiveId=1070538 |website=Aljazeera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022152747/http://www.aljazeera.net/News/archive/archive?ArchiveId=1070538 |archive-date=22 October 2008 |script-title=ar:مذبحة عيلبون في فيلم روائي فلسطيني جديد |language=ar |date=2007 |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=live }} Ramiz Jaraisy described the film as an important work which tells the Palestinian story in a contrast with the dominant Israeli version.{{cite web |url=http://www.palissue.com/vb/palestine112/issue47052 |website=Palestine Issue Forum |script-title=ar: "أبناء عيلبون" فيلم يحكي قصة قرية تشكل نموذجاً لمئات القرى التي هدمتها إسرائيل |date=September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304054950/http://www.palissue.com/vb/palestine112/issue47052 |archive-date=4 March 2011 |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=live }} His film won the Al-Awda award in Palestine 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.badil.org/Publications/Press/2008/press465-08.htm |title=2nd Annual Al-Awda Award Spotlights Palestinian Talent 60 Years into the Nakba |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827173145/http://www.badil.org/Publications/Press/2008/press465-08.htm |archive-date=2008-08-27 |website=BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights |date=5 May 2008 }} and in April 2012 Hisham Zreiq was chosen to be the artist of the month in the magazine This Week in Palestine.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=3686&ed=205&edid=205 |website=This Week in Palestine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523104658/http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=3686&ed=205&edid=205 |archive-date=23 May 2013 |title=Artist of the Month: Hisham Zreiq |issue=168 |date=April 2012 |access-date=6 April 2012 |url-status=live }}

Some of Zreiq's works were featured in the ArtWanted.com book Creative Minds.{{cite web |url=http://www.artwanted.com/ps/book/book.cfm?Action=Artists |title=Creative Minds Book: Featured Artists |website=ArtWanted.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020125150/http://www.artwanted.com/ps/book/book.cfm?Action=Artists |archive-date=20 October 2006 |access-date=12 April 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |title=Creative Minds |date=2004 |publisher=ArtWanted.com |isbn=978-0976330417 |url=https://www.amazon.com/ArtWanted-com-Creative-Minds-Artwanted-com/dp/0976330415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460448467&sr=8-1&keywords=artwanted}}

His animated short film Don't Cry won over 30 awards.

{{cite book |title=هشام زريق: واجبنا إيصال الرواية الفلسطينية من خلال السينما |date=2022 |isbn=978-0976330417 |url=https://diffah.alaraby.co.uk/diffah/interviews/2022/11/26/%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7?fbclid=IwAR3Yqhy36Oap5AhPbehSsay6qRA65kmTvpToxU4ZkFhBMUQZwAAledPYvKk}}

• Kunst- und Förderpreis Sparkasse Bayreuth (2004), Hollfeld, Germany
• Best documentary, Al-Awda award (2008), Ramallah, Palestine
• Best short animation, Best Istanbul Film Festival (2022), Istanbul, Turkey{{cite web |url=https://istanbulff.com/february-2022/ |website=Istanbul Film Festival |title=February (2022) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413111336/https://istanbulff.com/february-2022/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}
• Best Creative (Short film), International Halicarnassus Film Festival (2022), Bodrum, Turkey{{cite web |url=https://www.hffestival.com/session-19/ |website=International Halicarnassus Film Festival |date=21 March 2022 |access-date=13 June 2024 |title=Session 19}}
• Best Animation, Sweet Democracy Film Awards (2022), Rome, Italy{{cite web |url=https://sweetdemocracyfilmawards.com/winners-march-2022 |website=Sweet Democracy Film Awards |title=Winners March 2022}}{{dead link |date=June 2024 |fix-attempted=yes}}
• Best Animation, New York Neorealism Film Awards (2022), Rome, Italy{{cite web |title=Winners March 2022 |url=https://newyorkneorealismfilmawards.com/winners-march-2022-1 |website=New York Neorealism Film Awards |access-date=13 June 2024}}
• Best Animated Film, Stanley Film Awards (2022), London, United Kingdom{{cite web |url=https://stanleyfilmawards.com/winners-first-edition |website=Stanley Film Awards |date=2022 |title=Winners First Edition |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523104206/https://stanleyfilmawards.com/winners-first-edition |archive-date=23 May 2022 |access-date=1 May 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Award of Recognition: Animation, IndieFEST Film Awards (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA{{cite web |url=https://theindiefest.com/award-of-recognition-may-2022/ |website=The Indiefest Film Awards |title=Award of Recognition May 2022 |access-date=13 June 2024}}
• Award of Recognition: Direction, IndieFEST Film Awards (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA
• Award of Recognition: Animation, Accolade Global Film Competition (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA{{cite web |url=https://accoladecompetition.org/awards-of-recognition-may-2022/ |website=Accolade Global Film Competition |title=Awards of Recognition May 2022 |access-date=13 June 2024}}
• Award of Recognition: Film Short, Accolade Global Film Competition (2022), La Jolla, CA, USA
• Best Animated Short Film, Triloka International Filmfare Awards (2022), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India{{cite web |url=https://filmfreeway.com/TrilokaInernationalFilmfareAwards/photos/ |website=Triloka International Filmfare Awards |title=Photos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619210157/https://filmfreeway.com/TrilokaInernationalFilmfareAwards/photos/ |archive-date=19 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
• Best Director, Triloka International Filmfare Awards (2022), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India
• Best Animation Director, Mumbai Entertainment International Film Festival (2022), Mumbai, India{{cite web |url=https://meifilmfestival.wixsite.com/meiff/copy-of-winner-list-2021-1?lightbox=dataItem-l3nbxkws2 |website=Mumbai Entertainment International Film Festival |title=Winner List 2022 |access-date=13 June 2024}}
• Honorable Mention, Mannheim Arts and Film Festival (2022), Mannheim, Germany{{Cite web |title=Winners 2022 |url=https://mannheimartsandfilmfestival.com/winners-2022/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Mannheim Arts and Film Festival}}

His films were screened in several festivals and events, such as:

File:Hisham Zreiq Honored by Ramiz Jaraisy.jpg the mayor of Nazareth and Dr. Hana Sweid a Knesset member]]

• Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention 2008, California, United States{{cite web |url=http://www.al-awda.org/alert-eilaboun.html |website=Al-Awda Convention |title="The Sons of Eilaboun" at Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513045839/http://www.al-awda.org/alert-eilaboun.html |archive-date=13 May 2008 |date=27 April 2008 |access-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=live}}
• Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008, United States{{Cite web |url=http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thesonsofeilabounshortversion_bostonpalestine2008;jsessionid=9020431D8A678ECC73E794AE42A79FD6 |title=Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008 |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521201900/http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thesonsofeilabounshortversion_bostonpalestine2008 |archive-date=21 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}
• International İzmir Short Film Festival 2008, İzmir, Turkey[http://www.izmirkisafilm.org/festival9/detay.asp?id=26 International İzmir Short Film Festival 2008]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
• Amal The International Euro-Arab film Festival 2008, Spain{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematechhaddad.com/Cinematech/WrightsInCinema/WrightInCinema_AMALFestival.HTM |title=Amal 08 The International Euro-Arab film Festival |website=Cinematech |access-date=13 June 2024}}
• Carthage Film Festival 2008 (Palestine: To remember section), Carthage, Tunisia{{cite web |title=Films |url=https://www.jcctunisie.org/jcc2008/eng/films.php |website=Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage |access-date=14 June 2024 |date=2008}}
• Regards Palestiniens, Montreal Canada[http://palestinianperspectives.blogspot.com/ Regards Palestiniens film festival]
• Chicago Palestine Film Festival, 2009{{Cite web |url=http://palestinefilmfest.com/en/festival/2009/sons-of-eliaboun |website=Chicago Palestine Film Festival |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060440/http://palestinefilmfest.com/en/festival/2009/sons-of-eliaboun |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead |title=Sons of Eliaboun}}
• 13th Annual Arab Film Festival, 2009{{Cite web |url=http://www.aff.org/2009/film_detail.php?film_id=596 |title=Sons of Eliaboun |website=13th Annual Arab Film Festival |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012071752/http://www.aff.org/2009/film_detail.php?film_id=596 |archive-date=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead}}
• Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minnesota, United States{{Cite web |url=http://mizna.org/arabfilmfest10/thesonsofeilaboun.html |title=The Sons of Eliaboun |website=Sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival |access-date=2010-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205506/http://mizna.org/arabfilmfest10/thesonsofeilaboun.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead}}
• Salento International Filem Festival, 2010, Italy{{cite web |url=http://www.salentofilmfestival.com/Italiano/Il%20Festival/film_corti.html |title=SALENTO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310093006/http://www.salentofilmfestival.com/Italiano/Il%20Festival/film_corti.html |archive-date=2012-03-10}}
• Palestine Film Festival in Madrid, 2010, Spain{{Cite web |url=http://www.muestradecinepalestino.com/ |title=Palestine Film Festival in Madrid |access-date=2020-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905184806/http://muestradecinepalestino.com/ |archive-date=2010-09-05 |url-status=dead}}
• 18th Damascus International Film Festival, 2010, Syria{{Cite web |url=http://www.damascusfest.com/en/film/details/Just+another+day/263 |title=Just another day |website=damascusfest.com|access-date=2010-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110063710/http://www.damascusfest.com/en/film/details/Just+another+day/263 |archive-date=2010-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
• Al Ard Doc Film Festival, 2011, Cagliari, Italy{{cite web |title=AL ARD DOC FILM FESTIVAL – Lista Film ammessi e programma proiezioni |url=https://www.sardegnapalestina.org/al-ard-doc-film-festival-lista-film-ammessi-e-programma-proiezioni/ |website=Sardegna Palestina |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=it}}
• Toronto Palestine Film Festival, 2012, Toronto, Canada{{cite web |title=Program 2012 |url=https://www.tpff.ca/program-2012 |website=Toronto Palestine Film Festival |access-date=14 June 2024}}
• Al Ard Film Festival the 18th-edition, 2022, Cagliari, Italy{{cite web |url=https://www.alardfilmfestival.com/news/al-ard-18th-edition-list-of-selected-films|website=alardfilmfestival.com|title=Al Ard 18th Edition – List of Selected Films |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=21 January 2022}}
• Madrid Indie Film Festival • MADRIFF 2022, Madrid, Spain{{Cite web |url=https://www.madriff.org/Cortos-%E2%80%A2-Animaci%C3%B3n/ |title=Madrid Indie Film Festival • MADRIFF |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304215948/https://www.madriff.org/Cortos-%E2%80%A2-Animaci%C3%B3n/ |url-status=dead}}

Zreiq is a software architect{{cite web |title=About Hisham |url=https://hishamzreiq.com/About-Hisham-Zreiq.html |website=Hisham Zreiq |access-date=14 June 2024}} and learned his trade in Israel at the Technion and Haifa University, and worked for almost 10 years in Israel in hi-tech companies.[http://www.xing.com/profile/Hisham_Zreiq Hisham Zreiq Resume]

Zreiq Wrote a chapter for the history book An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba based on the interviews from his documentary The Sons of Eilaboun.

• Palestinian Christians

• [http://www.hishamzreiq.com Hisham Zreiq's Art Gallery]
• {{IMDb name|3054116}}
• [http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/h/hishamart/ Hisham Zrake's Premiere Artist Portfolio]
• [http://www.artwanted.com/HishamArt Hisham Zrake's ArtWanted Portfolio]
• [https://archive.today/20130130214523/http://www.onefineart.com/en/artists/hishamz/index.shtml Hisham Zrake's onefineart Portfolio]
• [http://www.whenitallbegan.com When it all began a documentary film by Hisham Zreiq]
• [http://www.sonsofeilaboun.com The Sons of Eilaboun a documentary film by Hisham Zreiq]
• [http://www.hishamzreiq.com/justanotherday/ Just another day a film by Hisham Zreiq]
• [http://hishamzreiq.com/beforeyou/ Before you is the sea a film by Hisham Zreiq]
• [https://asherahmusic.bandcamp.com/ Goddess Asherah a music project by Hisham Zreiq]
• [https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thesonsofeilaboun The Sons of Eilaboun in Vimeo]

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