Tag: Lebanese Cinema

Interview: Dania Bdeir – Warsha [Short]

Among the film riches found in Sundance Film Festival's 2022 short film program we found Lebanese filmmaker Dania Bdeir's Washa. A film told on...

The Sea Ahead | Review

The Princess of Tides: Dagher Can’t Go Home Again in Broody Beirut For his directorial debut, The Sea Ahead, Ely Dagher expands on the themes...

Interview: Mounia Akl – Costa Brava, Lebanon

Arriving at TIFF after having premiered at the Venice Film Festival, first-time Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl who actually penned the screenplay with Clara Roquet...

Memory Box | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Analogue Chronicles: The Past is Present in the Latest Memory Exercise from Hadjithomas & Joreige A veritable remembrance of things past catalyzes the semi-autobiographical narrative...

Video Interview: Nadine Labaki – Capernaum

There is a sequence in Nadine Labaki's Capernaum where Zain (who now belongs to the Antoine Doinel film canon) proactively attempts to save the...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #2. Oualid Mouaness – 1982

He might be a first time feature filmmaker, but Oualid Mouaness, a Lebanese short film helmer firmly transplanted in the US has been patiently building...

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Nineteen features in competition, Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle loaded...

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2025 January Screenwriters Lab: Lana Wilson, Diffan Sina Norman & Alexandra Qin Among Fellows

A pair of filmmakers who we thought struck gold...

The Substance | Review

Woman of Substance: Fargeat Rejuvenates Body Horror with Pulpy...