Said Zagha is a UK-based Palestinian screenwriter-director. He did his undergraduate studies at Ohio’s Kenyon College and has an MA in Screenwriting from London Film School. His 2021 short, Lovesick in the West Bank premiered at the Academy-qualifying Urbanworld and Tampere Festivals. His 2016 dramedy Five Boys and a Wheel played at 40+ festivals worldwide, winning three awards. Said is developing his debut feature, WEEDESTINE, a Palestine-set revenge thriller, which received support from Jordan’s Royal Film Commission, the Red Sea Film Fund, the Doha Film Institute, Frontieres Market, and EAVE. Said is a Berlinale Talents alumnus (2020).