Mais Darwazah Having worked across the Middle East in different creative fields, Darwazah’s independent film career started by making short experimental films; It Wasn’t a Question of Olives (2001), The Human Puppet (2005), Still Waiting (2007) and Aisha’s Journey (2009).
She received the British Council scholarship, completing an MA in Documentary Directing (UK, 2007). Her graduation film Take Me Home (54’, 2008) screened in numerous international festivals.
My Love Awaits Me By the Sea, is her first feature-length documentary and it has participated at the Berlinale’s DocStation (2009), and was granted the Sundance Documentary Fund (2010) and Sanad Development fund (2011).  

The film pays tribute to Hasan Hourani, an artist who’s work has become popular for
its imaginative simplicity, giving a sense of hope and a belief in a dream, an
emotional state necessary for the present generation struggling to avoid the
numbness imposed on it by the various political and social realities of today.
The film tells a story of a girl (the director) who fells in love with the artist that she
never met and travels back to her homeland looking for her lover by the sea.