Raed Andoni

Writer / Director

Palestine

Raed Andoni, a Palestinian filmmaker, began his career in 1997 as a producer.

He produced a number of films acclaimed in international festivals and markets. In 2006 he directed his first 60 minute documentary IMPROVISATION which was screened in various international festivals and TV channels.

His feature FIX-ME premiered in the official competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, was in the ACID selection at Cannes festival 2011 and many others festivals and was released in theaters in France and Switzerland. Andoni’s latest film GHOST HUNTING premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2017 and won the Glashütte Original Documentary Award and the people’s choice award. GHOST HUNTING took part in over 150 festivals and won 20 prizes before it became Palestine’s Official ticket to the OSCARS in 2019.

He worked on his feature film project Exiled from paradise at LIM2019.

Project

Exiled Paradise

During the filming of a historical movie on the life of Christ, the main actor André is injured. While the producers search for an alternative actor for the role of Christ, André and a local marginal actor called Ziad, experience an event in a real situation resembling one of the legends. They are its real heroes.