Talents

Saleh BAKRI

ACTOR

Starring in "The Blue Caftan" opposite Lubna Azabal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obNeQELnLWY  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsjPbfxsle8    Starring in "Grasshoppers" opposite Iva Gocheva:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmWiLDWZRuU

 

Feature Films / Cinema
• 2007 – The Band’s Visit (original title: La Visite de la fanfare) – role: Khaled.
• 2008 – Salt of This Sea (original title: Le Sel de la mer) – role: Emad.
• 2008 – Laila’s Birthday – supporting role (prisoner / former prisoner).
• 2009 – The Time That Remains (original title: Le Temps qu’il reste) – role: Fuad.
• 2011 – The Source (original title: La Source des femmes) – role: Sami.
• 2012 – When I Saw You (original title: Lamma Shoftak) – role: Layth.
• 2013 – Salvo – role: Salvo Mancuso (title role).
• 2013 – Giraffada – role: Yacine.
• 2015 – Rattle the Cage (original title: Zinzana) – role: Talal.
• 2017 – Wajib (original title: L’Invitation au mariage) – role: Shadi.
• 2017 – No Gods No Masters (original title: Ni dieux ni maîtres).
• 2019 – My Zoé – role: Akil Keser.
• 2021 – Costa Brava, Lebanon – role: Walid.
• 2021 – Grasshoppers – role: Nijm.
• 2021 – Amira – Palestinian/Jordanian film.
• 2022 – Alam – role: Uncle Naji.
• 2022 – The Blue Caftan (original title: Le Bleu du caftan) – role: Halim (lead role).
• 2022 – Beirut Hold’em – Lebanese film.
• 2022 – The Key – film listed in his Unifrance filmography (limited circulation outside professional circuits).
• 2023 – Backstage – role: Hassan.
• 2023 – The Teacher – role: Basem El-Saleh (lead role).
• 2023 – Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (original title: Danser sur un volcan).
• 2024 – I Was a Stranger – role: Alaa.
• 2024/2025 – Palestine 36 (Annemarie Jacir) – role: Khalid.
• 2025/2026 – All That’s Left of You / Ce qu’il reste de nous (Cherien Dabis) – role: Salim.

Short Films / Animation / Short Formats
• 2011 – Fireworks (Giacomo Abbruzzese) – short film, role: Saleh.
• 2017 – Bonboné – short film.
• 2018 – The Tower – animated feature film, voice role: Yehia.
• 2019 – Dialogue with the Unseen – installation / video art film.
• 2020 – The Present – short film, role: Yusef.

Television / Series
• 2023 – Taghyeer Gaw (Change of Scenery) – Egyptian Ramadan TV series.

Awards 2022: Prix Fipresci Un Certain Regard Festival de Cannes pour LE BLEU DU CAFTAN

Languages spoken: English, Arabic, Hebrew.