Asma Ghanem or Asma Ghanem Miller ( ar, أسمى غانم; born 1991 in

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

) is a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

visual artist and experimental musician. She is best known for her documentary film ''Wall Piano''.

Life and career

Asma Ghanem was born in

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

(

) and raised in a

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with her family. Ghanem graduated from the

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- IAAP (

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) and she received the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the ISDAT or École des beaux-arts de Toulouse (

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). Ghanem started her career working on an experimental music project called ''Shams Asma'' (شمس أسمى). About this, she says: In 2014, she produced her first experimental album titled ''Fi Alard'' (في الأرض). In 2015, her

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received ''special mention'' in the ''Palest’In & Out'' festival, a festival to promote talented young Palestinian artists that it held in Paris (

) and organized by ''Institut Culturel Franco-Palestinien''. In 2016, her experimental music project called ''HOMELAND IS…'' won the 3rd Prize in the ''Young Artist Award'' (YAYA) of the Hassan Hourani Award. In 2021, her documentary film ''Wall Piano'' was selected at the

Tampere Film Festival The Tampere Film Festival ( fi, Tampereen elokuvajuhlat) is a short film festival held every March, mostly at the Finnkino Plevna movie theatre, in Tampere, Finland. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the shor ...

(''Tampereen elokuvajuhlat''), a short film festival held at

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. In this festival, it received the ''special mention'' and the ''Audience Award''. She currently lives in

(

Awards

* 2015: ''Special mention'' in the Palest’In & Out festival; * 2016: 3rd Prize in the ''Young Artist Award'' (YAYA) of the Hassan Hourani Award (''HOMELAND IS…'' - an experimental music project). * 2021: ''Special mention'' and the ''Audience Award'' of the

(''Wall Piano'' - a short film).

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghanem, Asma Living people 1991 births Palestinian film directors Palestinian artists Palestinian musicians People from Damascus