Ali Al-Yassiri

Committee Member

A film critic and researcher in the aesthetics of visual arts, he has written extensively on film criticism for nearly two decades, with numerous articles and research papers published in Iraqi and Arab newspapers and websites, both print and digital.

He is also a translator, with many published works in cinematic and cultural pages. A researcher in the aesthetics of both still and moving images, he has previously founded cinematic pages on social media that garnered attention and appreciation. These pages aimed to adopt a comprehensive concept for developing public taste in approaching human artistic creativity through an ecological system that achieves the intended goals.

He has participated in many film festivals, either as a jury member, selection committee member, or in organizing critical sessions. He is also a member of the selection committee for the Baghdad Film Fund projects, which were supported by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Through this initiative, support was provided for many feature and short films.