Anis Hamdoun is a Syrian-German director, actor, and writer whose artistic work moves between contemporary cinema and theater in Europe. His projects explore themes of exile, identity, memory, and social transformation through emotionally driven storytelling and a human-centered visual approach.

He began his artistic journey in theater in Syria before continuing his career in Germany, where he developed a distinct voice within the independent European cultural scene through theater, cinema, and performance-based projects.

Hamdoun gained wider recognition through theatrical and cinematic works addressing war, migration, and displacement, most notably The Trip, which received critical acclaim in Germany and was presented within major European cultural and theatrical platforms.

Throughout his career, he collaborated with important artistic and theatrical institutions in Germany and Europe, including:

• Schaubühne Berlin
• Maxim Gorki Theater
• Volksbühne Berlin
• Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)

In parallel with his directing and acting work, he contributed to workshops and artistic training projects in acting, dramaturgy, and performance studies within several European institutions and independent artistic initiatives.

His cinematic and theatrical language often focuses on marginalized characters and identities suspended between homeland and exile, relying on emotional realism, internal performance, and intimate visual storytelling shaped by both theater and contemporary cinema.

At the 4th edition of the Kobani International Film Festival 2023, Anis Hamdoun participated as a member of the Narrative Films Selection Committee, contributing a contemporary European theatrical and cinematic perspective to the festival.