Mohanad Salahat

Mohanad Salahat is an independent Palestinian-Swedish journalist, researcher, filmmaker and writer. His films are often screened on Al Jazeera Arabic and English, Al Jazeera Documentary and film festivals worldwide. He has published three books of short stories and a travelogue and regularly contributes to Arabic magazines, newspapers, and websites. Born in Nablus in the West Bank in 1981, he moved to Jordan in 2001, where he studied law and worked as a journalist and editor with several Arabic newspapers, magazines, and media production companies. In 2006, he started building his career in filmmaking by working as a researcher, field producer, scriptwriter, and assistant director. Since 2010 he has produced and directed several short and feature fiction and documentary films with production companies in Europe and the Arab World. He also co-owned and directed a number of films with Laika Film & Television AB, a production company he co-founded in Stockholm. Mohanad works as a consultant with a number of media companies, organizations and film festivals. Most recently he supported the production and media relations of Palestinian Film Days in Malmö (2018), Palestine Film Days (2018), and Malmo Arab Film Festival (2017 & 2018). He is currently based in Istanbul and working as an independent producer, director, and journalist throughout Europe and the Arab World.