Born in 1992 in Dubai to an Iraqi-Turkish mother and an Indian father, Anas studied literature and film history at the universities of Lausanne and Oxford, before working as a screenwriter and director. He is a feature-film programmer for Berlinale Generation and a regular contributor to the magazine Talking Shorts. He has just completed his short film, THE GODS (LES DIEUX - (الالهة)), and has begun writing a first feature, titled SWANSONG.