ASSER YASSIN

Jury Member

Asser Yassin is an Egyptian actor, writer, and producer with a degree in mechanical engineering from the AUC. Some of Yassin’s most iconic roles are those in Messages from the Sea (2010), Rags and Tatters (2013), The Walls of the Moon (2015), 30 Days (2017), Diamond Dust (2018), Every Week Has a Friday (2020), Multifaceted (2020), and many more. In 2010, he received the Best Actor Award for his role in Messages from the Sea at the 23rd Carthage Film Festival, as well as the inaugural edition of the Malmo Arab Film Festival in 2011. In 2013, he received the Golden Antigone Award for the Best Narrative Feature at the Cinemed International Mediterranean Festival of Montpellier for his movie Rags and Tatters. In 2015, he won the Best Actor Award at the Tétouan International Mediterranean Film Festival in Morocco for his role in The Walls of the Moon. Yassin is also the Ambassador of Goodwill for the International Organization for Migration in Egypt.

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