Firas Khoury is a Palestinian scriptwriter and director who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema. Khoury’s filmography includes several short films, including the award-winning Seven Days in Deir Bulus (2007) and Yellow Mums (2010). These films were shown at festivals around the world and on TV channels. In 2019, he directed Maradona’s Legs, a short film that received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize as well as the Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg support. The film was screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.