Short Film Competition juror
Born in 1992 in Dubai to an Iraqi-Turkish mother and an Indian father, Anas studied literature and film history at the universities of Lausanne and Oxford, before working as a screenwriter and director. He is a feature-film programmer for the Berlinale's Generation section. His short film, THE GODS, is playing in festivals worldwide after premiering in Locarno 2025, and he is now writing his first feature, titled THIS BLACK EARTH.
