Director

Bashir Sayyah

Bashir Sayyah is a cineaste, translator, and documentarian with a background in Media and Film Studies from the University of Exeter. His work emerges from personal wandering, reflection, and contemplation. He is the creator of the Wayfarer trilogy, an ongoing exploration of the human search for purpose, transcendence, and belonging.

Often works with

John Keats
2 titles together
Tender and Cruel, Ode to John Keats
A
Abhay Parmar
2 titles together
Tender and Cruel, The Wayfarer and the River of Longing
Y
Yasamin Seif
2 titles together
Tender and Cruel, The Wayfarer and the River of Longing

Full filmography · 3

Tender and Cruel
cast and Director
2026
The Wayfarer and the River of Longing
cast and Director
2025
Ode to John Keats
as Narrator and Director and Writer
2024