Saleh Bakri
Date of birth: 1977-03-01
Place of birth: Galilee, Palestine
Known for: Acting
Also known as: صالح بكري
Biography
Saleh Bakri (born March 1, 1977) is a Palestinian film and stage actor. Graduated at the Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts, he began his film career in 2007 playing lead roles in The Band's Visit and Salt of This Sea.
Movie Credits
The Key
2023-03-01
An Israeli family's equilibrium gradually disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard every evening
The Band's Visit
2007-09-13
A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts cen
Salt of This Sea
2008-09-03
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya decides to journey to the country of her anc
The Time That Remains
2009-08-12
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-bio
The Source
2011-11-02
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withh
The Blue Caftan
2023-02-10
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome ne
Salvo
2013-06-27
Salvo, a ruthless Sicilian Mafia hit man, changes his priorities after being involved in a bloody am
Giraffada
2014-04-23
Yacine is the veterinarian of the only zoo remaining in the Palestinian West Bank. He lives alone wi
I Was a Stranger
2026-01-09
A doctor, a soldier, a smuggler, a father, and a captain. In a world divided by borders and war, fiv
When I Saw You
2014-06-06
Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa number among the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border from
Dog Days
2009-01-01
A young man, who feels constrained living with his father takes drastic measures to liberate himself
Alam
2022-11-18
Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and chall
Backstage
2023-09-06
Aida, member of a Tunisian contemporary dance troupe touring Morocco, provokes during a representati
Beirut Hold'em
2022-07-28
Beirut Hold’em depicts the life of Ziko, a 40-year old ex-con and petty gambler, and his three boyho
All That's Left of You
2025-09-25
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes
Rattle the Cage
2015-09-24
'Zinzana' is a psychological thriller set in a prison. Our hero finds himself locked in a cell with
The Teacher
2024-05-16
A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political res
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023-07-03
On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Leb
Wajib
2017-08-20
After years abroad in Italy, Shadi returns to his native Nazareth. But this is no spectacular homeco
Bonboné
2018-03-15
A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way to conceive as the husband is detained in an Israeli
No Gods No Masters
2025-09-03
The story unfolds in the winter of the year 1215. A mysterious stranger who has escaped from prison
My Zoe
2019-11-14
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her
Fireworks
2011-11-10
The night of the 31st of December, in the middle of the fireworks, a group of international ecologis
Laila's Birthday
2009-04-09
As Abu Laila is forced to leave his job as a judge and become a cab driver, he faces a hectic challe
The Lost Tomb Of Jesus
2007-11-06
Academy Award winning director James Cameron and Emmy Award winning investigative journalist Simcha
The Present
2020-02-02
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a
Flashdrive
2020-10-09
Derviş Zaim turns his camera into a tragedy in Syria this time and reminds once again the value of t
The Tower
2018-11-30
Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to fin
Water
2012-01-01
Ten directors, Israeli and Palestinian embarked on a journey to create short films, fiction or docum
Art/Violence
2013-10-17
Inspired by characters from 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Waiting for Godot' and 'Antigone,' young Palesti
The Salt Fisherman
2011-12-10
A fisherman lives alone. His days and nights are fraught with waiting. He rises with the sun and car
Wild Horses
2012-10-01
Shadi lives in a horse-farm with his disabled and strict father, and with his beloved aging horse, R
Costa Brava, Lebanon
2022-01-21
Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. H
Grasshoppers
2021-10-08
Star-crossed immigrant lovers roam their gated community drink-by-drink in search of the perfect hou
Amira
2021-10-19
Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Na
Palestine 36
2025-10-31
1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts betwee
Moodswing Whiskey
Leo, a husband, father and businessman, confronts the brutal realities of capitalism as he fights to
Gaza Bride 17
2025-06-13
A fisherman from Gaza is trapped in his haunting memories. After losing his only child, he suffers f