Raia Al Souliman
Filmmaker / Photographer
Tell us a bit about yourself:
I’m twenty one years old, I’m sometimes very happy and sometimes very sad and this alternates a lot of times during one day.
What do you make?
I make films, photos and love.and other stuff too, of course.like procrastinating a lot.
Where else on the web can we find you?
I update my Flickr pretty often and I’m also in different online magazines and projects.
What did you dream about last night?
I didn’t sleep much last night.
But I do have dreams that I actually remember after waking up and sometimes they’re very surrealistic and cool, but I can’t just share like that.
What inspires you?
Oh, a bunch of things inspire me, like finding so many artists that blow my mind, the courage of some people, just how pretty some girls are, everchanging moods, immoral and also pure things, I guess love in general and mind expanding art.
Where do you live and what do you like about it?
I live in Bucharest, Romania. I like it because it’s home right now, everything I own is here. It can be a depressing place sometimes, but it does have its advantages too.
What is your biggest fear?
My biggest fear is that I won’t make it. As in, make it big in the world.
Name a few of your favorite movies \ books \ websites \ bands:
This is truly a difficult question, I can’t really select titles and stuff, there are so many!
When it comes to films, I think I really like Krzysztof Kieslowski, Kim Ki Duk, Harmony Korine, Nordic cinema, a lot of old classic movies and I already feel bad for having to make a selection.
All of my favorite art will always be reflected in my photos and movies and whatever else I will make, so you will be able to tell.
What are you really good at? What are you really bad at:
I believe I’m really good at understanding other people and analyze how their tricky brain and heart works, I mean I’m good at empathizing but I’m really bad at making small talk and being sociable sometimes.
What is your favourite thing to eat?
Pancakes, toast with honey and hot pie. Yeah, and also some Chinese soup.
How would you like to be remembered?
Uhm, I would like to be remembered as someone who was very passionate and had a love/hate relationship with life, but managed to make a lot of people happy and herself too. Someone who was true, I guess.
What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
I don’t really have a memory like that, of an embarrassing moment.
Anything else you would like to say:
Thanks for featuring me, of course, I’ll remember this when I’ll be filthy rich.