Assem Kroma

Assem Kroma is a Canadian filmmaker, multi-platform storyteller, actor, digital media and cinema researcher and educator. He began his creative career as a theatre and film actor . He won best actor awards for his roles in “Paradise Falls” and “Tooth of Hope”. He then won five awards as a filmmaker for his short documentary “T for Tango” in addition to several other nominations for other film work . As a filmmaker, he is best known for his short films "T for Tango", “The Infidel” and "Buried Love" which were screened at several international film festivals . As an actor, he is known for the short films, “Paradise Falls” which was screened at Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2012 , “Tooth of Hope” which was screened in several film festivals globally , and "The Man Who Met The Angel", which premiered in Dubai International Film Festival .
Assem was born to a mom, who is an accomplished artist (painter), and a dad, who was an architect; he spent the majority of his childhood in UAE . He started his involvement in performance arts at a very young age starting by acting on stage, then TV shows and radio broadcasts. Gradually, he got involved in many forms of performance arts including dancing, singing, experimental theatre, and standup comedy and improvisation .
Assem studied Advanced Filmmaking at Fanshawe College, then went to study for a Master's in Digital Media at Ryerson University followed by a Master of Arts in Media Production . He is currently studying for a PhD in Information Technology (Digital Media) at Carleton University .
His Areas of research work are future cinema, interactive storytelling, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and human-computer interaction . He believes that new filmmakers should be technically and theoretically skilled to keep up with the new media development and keep sharing their art with the public . He has been interviewed by several media outlets to discuss cinema and digital media related matters . In 2017, he was the co-director of the First Take Film Festival .
Year	Film 	Role 	Cast 	Notes
2021	Silence 	Filmmaker	David Jeffrey, Nyiri Karakas 	Short Narrative Film (Post Production)
2021	Mimes' Gossips 	Filmmaker	Nyiri Karakas, James Wybrow 	Short Narrative Film (Post Production)
2019	A Dad's Letter 	Filmmaker	Assem Kroma 	Short Film - Cinematic Poetic Autobiography
2019	A Reflection in My Heart 	Filmmaker	Assem Kroma 	Short Film - Cinematic Poetic Autobiography
2017	The Delivery 	Filmmaker	David Jeffrey, Amber Sellars, Leah Gliddon, Emily Ross, Kevin Pegg	Short Narrative Film
2017	The Infidel 	Filmmaker	David Jeffrey, Amber Sellars, Nyiri Karakas 	Short Narrative Film
2017	Nightmares 	Filmmaker	Danny Czyz 	VR (Virtual Reality) Film
2017	Buried Love 	Filmmaker	Nyiri Karakas, David Jeffrey, James Wybrow 	Short Surrealist Film - Experimental
2017	Transition 	Filmmaker	N/A 	Short Film - Experimental on 16mm photochemical film
2017	T for Tango 	Filmmaker	Ross Todorovic and Milena Todorovic 	Short Documentary Film
2015	The Man Who Met the Angel	Actor 	Assem Kroma, Philip Rachid 	Short Film
2013	Above and Below 	Actor 	Assem Kroma, Dana Dajani 	Short Film
2013	About Anticipation 	Actor 	Assem Kroma 	Short Film
2012	The Feeder 	Actor 	Assem Kroma 	Short Film
2012	Tooth of Hope 	Actor 	Assem Kroma, Dana Dajani 	Short Film
2011	Paradise Falls 	Actor 	Assem Kroma, May Calamawy, JW Halloway 	Short Film
Assem won several international awards (UAE, France, Canada, etc.) including excellence, outstanding achievement, best actor, best director, best editor and best film .
Category:Canadian filmmakers
Category:Canadian storytellers
Category:Canadian actors