Biography: Jasem Alqaralleh is a 22-year-old Middle Eastern and Caribbean writer, director, producer, and cinematographer for the short films 'An Encore of Tears,' 'To Who We Are, And Were, 'The Mask of Obsoletion, ' and ' Childhood's Curtain Call'. He focuses his stories on families and grief, approaching them in a surrealist and humanist way. He hopes to achieve through his filmmaking a better understanding of himself, others, and the unknown.