Muayad Alayan is a Palestinian director and producer based in Jerusalem. His directorial debut Love, Theft and Other Entanglements premiered in Panorama at the Berlinale in 2015. His second feature film, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018), won the Special Jury Prize at the Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Competition and the Hubert Bals Audience Award. It also won top prizes at Seattle IFF and Durban IFF and has been distributed in over 50 territories. His third feature, A House in Jerusalem (2023), premiered at IFFR. Muayad’s first narrative short, Lesh Sabreen, premiered in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2009. 

Muayad has worked extensively on projects promoting cinema culture and cinema infrastructure in Palestine. He has also taught film at several academic institutions. Muayad has served as a jury member on several international and regional festivals and funds.