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lebanese students

November 9 - 16, 2014 - 6:00 pm | Bechara El Rahi Theater
Notre Dame University-Louaize, Main Campus
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Table of Content
Welcome note5
honoring duraid lahham6
Lebanese Students shorts8
Lebanese Independent shorts34
International shorts39
Special showcase52
International Guests59
Jury Members73
NDU Cine-Club Upcoming Movies
86
Film Festivals at NDUIFF88
NDUIFF’S MANAGEMENT90
NDUIFF’S Team92
Screening Program94
5
Welcome to
the 8th NDUISFF
At the dawn of this 21st century, I see fear in the eyes of all those who
believe in “Beauty” and in its power to save the world. I see youth growing
old in despair, afraid to dream, even afraid to pray, to love, to commit to
another, to partake in joyful events, to live the simple, daily pleasures of life.
Are they afraid that «Ugliness» may steal our lives from us?
Today, I invite you all to believe in beauty again, to remember all the beautiful
moments in our lives; the beauty of birth, the reincarnation of nature, the
beauty of a loved one’s laugh, a kiss, the warmth of a hug, the beauty of the
first raindrops in fall, of a blossoming flower, of the morning breeze on our
faces, the beauty of washing away a tear and then sharing a smile. I invite
you all to bring beauty back into our lives.
NDU International Film Festival “The Power of Youth” believes in “Beauty”,
preaches “Beauty” and works to spread “Beauty” all around us.
Your Ideas, your vision, and your perseverance, all marked in your films
participating today in the 8th NDU International Film Festival, are a part of this
beautiful dream…
8th NDU International Film Festival “The Power of Youth”, reflects
“The Power of Your Beauty”
Sam Lahoud
Founder, Director
NDU International Film Festival
Beauty
Will Save
the World
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Duraid Lahham was born and raised in Damascus in 1934. He grew up in relative poverty, and studied chemistry at Damascus
University, which qualified him for a well-paying job as an instructor at the Chemistry Department. Lahham was always enchanted
by the theatre, participating in several plays during high school and college, while playing the clarinet in the high school band.
While teaching at university, he started to give dance lessons and befriended the artistic community in Syria. When Syrian
Television was inaugurated in 1960, its director Sabah Qabbani hired Lahham to star in a mini-series called Sahret Dimashq
(Damascus Evening) with the already established stage actor Nihad Qali. The two men created a duo called «Duraid & Nihad» and
achieved dramatic success in the Arab World from 1960 until Qali retired from acting due to illness in 1976.
TRIBUTE
&HONOR
TO THE
LEGEND
From then on, Lahham acted, directed, and wrote the screenplay for all of his works, and continues to do so until the present.
His theatre was always greatly and visibly influenced by the musicals of the Lebanese artist Asi al-Rahbani and his wife, the diva
Fayruz. Political events influenced him greatly as well, transforming his career from that of a comedian, into a political satirist.
He was shocked by the collective Arab defeat of 1967, and greatly disturbed by separate peace of Egypt with Israel in 1978.
In the early 1960s, Lahham abandoned university teaching to devote his time fully to acting, although this was viewed, by the
conservative society in Damascus, as un-wise, since teaching was a respectable and stable job, while actors were not highly
respected, under-paid, and had an uncertain future. He later claimed that devoting his life to art was one of the wisest decisions
he ever made, since he achieved more success as an actor than any other profession, including university instruction, would have
provided. In 1976, President Hafez al-Asad decorated Lahham with the Medal of the Syrian Republic, Excellence Class. He was
also given medals of recognition for his work by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, who gave him the same medal in 1979, and
Libyan leader Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi in 1991. Nine years later, Lebanese President Emile Lahhoud awarded Lahham the Order of
Merit of the Lebanese Republic in a ceremony held at the American University of Beirut (AUB), granted through the Syrian Culture
Club at AUB. In 1997, in recognition of his two children’s productions, the movie Kafroun in 1990 and the play Al-Usfura al-Sa’ida
(The Happy Bird) in 1992, he became the UNICEF representative in Syria for children’s affairs. He performed several television
series aimed at increasing awareness of the problems of children. Then in 1999, he became UNICEF Ambassador for Childhood
in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2004, he left his job at UNICEF after paying a visit to South Lebanon, to the districts
liberated from Israeli occupation in 2000. At the Lebanese-Israeli border, he gave a press conference, criticizing George W. Bush
and Ariel Sharon, comparing both men to Hitler. The statement was published in Lebanon and re-published in Israel, causing Tel
Aviv to protest to the UNICEF that its goodwill ambassador was using un-diplomatic language. The UNICEF asked him whether
the statement was correct, and when he confirmed that it was, they sent him a letter, thanking him for his services since 1997. He
considered this an indirect message, relieving him of his duties at UNICEF. Currently, Duraid Lahham still lives in Damascus, and
is devoted to his family, spending a lot of his time with his children and grandchildren. His first wife May al-Husayni bore him two
children, Tha›er and Abeer, while his second and current wife Hala al-Bitar bore him his youngest daughter Dina.
SHORTS SELECTION
LEBANESE STUDENTS
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IESAV
DIRECTOR
AUT
DIRECTOR
Alexandra
Khoury
FICTION
KARIM
RAHBANI
ON THE
STREET
FICTION
WITH THY
SPIRIT
17 min.
Cast: Josef Chemaly | Abd el Hady Assaf | Kamil
Youssef | Michel Adabachi
Production: 2014
Father Geryes, a priest leading a peaceful life within his
monastery in Lebanon finds himself involved in a tragic
accident. Will he have enough courage and integrity to
face the consequences of his actions? Will he be able to
tell his fellow priests about the incident?
10 min.
Cast: Martine Bou Younes | Joseph Daou
Production: 2013
When she was in the heart of Beirut down town,
searching for a life sign to shoot her project entitled life in
the city, Lama will meet Jad, a strange guy who will show
her the real streets life and teach her a lot of things that
she ignored. But a weird thing will occur, leading Lama to
change her entire story.
10
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AKU
DIRECTOR
UPA
DIRECTOR
RABIH AL
BITAR
FICTION
ELIE
MEMA
THE LOST
LETTER
FICTION
VAK
10 min.
Cast: Michel Bteich | Saydeh Akiki
Production: 2014
VAK an Eight years old child, a very imaginative child. A
daydreamer - has his unique view and perception of the
outside world as unique and different with its own colors,
shapes, and emptiness. The film is somehow a journey
between the abstractness of the characteristics that
builds up the story, the realm and the roughness of his
mystery.
12 min.
Cast: Oumayya Lahhoud |Bayan Abou Chakra |
Ilyes Hayek | Loutfallah Bou Khazen
Production: 2014
After the loss of his younger brother in the Lebanese war,
Tony lived his life taking good care of his family with deep
sadness in his heart because of this loss.
A lost letter from his younger brother finally arrives to
Tony’s hands after his mother’s death.
11
LGU
DIRECTOR
lu1
DIRECTOR
Farah Abou
Kharroub
FICTION
CHRISTELLE
NICOLAS
nafas
FICTION
Ya shames
ya shamouseh
12 min.
15 min.
Cast: Rebecca Bitar
Production: 2014
Cast: Valentina Aoun | Abdallah Zeineddine |
Yehia Jaber | Amal Diab
Production: 2014
Judy is a little girl who lives with her grandmother.
After she lost her first tooth, she thought that she
started envying people and infecting them with her look
especially after all the situations she went through. Her
grandmother is trying to convince her that she’s not in
trouble.
Nahlan is trying her best to break free from the walls that
the society built around her. After moving to the city, she
follows her own dreams to become a successful model.
Through her journey, she meets so many people that
change her life. After her big accomplishment, she goes
back to confront her parents.
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ndu
DIRECTOR
Anthony
Heneine
earthworm
season
iesav
DIRECTOR
Nadim
Hejeili
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
galle
10 min.
16 min.
Cast: Christelle Chebli
Production: 2014
Cast: hiam abou chedid
Production: 2014
A father living abroad sends e-mails to his 12-year-old
daughter telling her stories about the many adventures
he had in the various cities of Sri Lanka. After 10 years,
she decides to relive his journey and visit all the places he
wrote her about. Her voyage ends in Galle where she last
read from her father.
Having discovered my family archives, I try to understand
the story behind it. A history unfolds, one of wars, fear &
hiding; but also, one of children, family gatherings & rare
occasions of happiness. My mother tells me the story,
answering my questions, yet something seems to linger
behind. Untold memories & an unrevealed truth hide
behind her testimony.
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alba
DIRECTOR
tania
iskandar
Manuscript
usek
DIRECTOR
Mansour
Aoun
FICTION
ANIMATION
massoud
4 min.
Production: 2013
Un Libanais, coincé dans un grand embouteillage à
Beyrouth, décide de transformer sa voiture en un véhicule
volant, qui lui permet de s’enfuir de ce cauchemar.
16 min.
Cast: Katerina Azzi
Production: 2014
Katerina, a piansit and an actress, is asked to act in
a lebanese feature film for Ghassan Azzi, as the role
of a pianisit who loses her ability to play due to a
psychological probelm. The mental illness of the role gets
into her hands and therefore makes her lose her musical
ability herself.
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alba
HABIS
DIRECTOR
Julien
Tavitian
UPA
DIRECTOR
GEORGE
ABDO
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
lovers
12 min.
Cast: JULIA EL RAMY | MILAD EL RAMY | CYNTHIA
SAWMA | CHARBEL KAMEL
Production: 2014
In Beirut today, “there are as many kinds of love as there
are hearts”.
Leon TOLSTOY
12 min.
Production: 2014
“Habis” caves are a result of a strong relation between
earth and human beings since centuries, maybe decades.
Many myths and secrets were inherited among
generations.
15
lu2
DIRECTOR
ndu
DIRECTOR
Chantale
Hannouch
FICTION
Jad
Sleiman
april
FICTION
Smog
16 min.
Cast: Celine Lahoud as Lithops | Sarah bitar as
Miasma
Production: 2014
In the near future, Factories filled the planet and
intoxicated the Air, Humans started living in the deserted
waste where Smog covers the skies and hides the Sun.
Lithops is a 12 year old little girl who is seeking the
sunlight and is willing to let go of anything to reach it.
22 min.
Cast: Robert Hannouch | Isabell Rabogliatti
Production: 2014
April is a short film about a young girl “April” and a
young man “Daniel” whose lives cross paths. April is
a dreamer and a believer of love while Daniel is a hard
working realist. Together, they undergo a magical journey
that draws them closer to each other and each promptly
teaches the other to see new things in life.
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lgu
INTERSECTION
DIRECTOR
Sami
Naoum
ALBA
DIRECTOR
MARC
AOUN
FICTION
ANIMATION
Inclined
6 min.
Cast: Joanna Breidy | Joe Mrad
Production: 2014
They say early is on time and on time is late! Well late
was a new beginning for the unexpected.
5 min.
Production: 2013
An injured young man wakes up in a broken car at the
bottom of a valley. Attracted by a distant voice, he follows
a mysterious trail in the forest.
17
USEK
DIRECTOR
LAYALE
EL ASMAR
THE SHELTER OF
GRAPES OF WRATH
ALBA
DIRECTOR
NOUR EL
HODA WAHID
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
THE LIFE
12 min.
Cast: Dunia Aoun Abi Abboud
Production: 2014
In this film , there are three stories:
-there is one of Dunia.
-there is one of Leila.
-and there were somehow mine.
14 min.
Production: 2014
Qana, 18th April 1996.
Israeli bombings of UN premises in south Lebanon.
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aut
DIRECTOR
iesav
DIRECTOR
Scarlett
Saad
FICTION
Martin
Bou Younes
django
FICTION
Screaming
la Vilma
15 min.
18 min.
Cast: Richard Mattar | Esther Campbell
Production: 2013
Cast: Django | Sami Daccache
Production: 2014
We do have the power to build or destroy.
We can begin, re-begin or end up things.
We do have the ability to love or hate.
He was the one to destroy, to hate and to end up things.
But through his love to her, she is the chance to build a
new nation.
Django is a young gypsy guitarist who flees the gypsy
camp to pursue his dream. After his disappearance, his
family puts a spell on him. He reaches the city where
he meets an evil manager who hires him in his jazz club:
“le cabaret”. He becomes famous, however the curse
takes over and soon enough his fingers turn into stone.
He returns home only to find an abandoned camp and his
caravan burned.
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lau
today
mother died
DIRECTOR
Stephanie
Bou Habib
ndu
DIRECTOR
elie
khalil
FICTION
ANIMATION
hend
14 min.
Cast: JuliEn Farhat | Julia El Rami | Jessica
Khalifeh
Production: 2014
Cherif has devoted his life to taking care of his ailing
mother until, one night, he is confronted with a difficult
choice.
1 min.
Production: 2013
Ibrahim, a middle aged man, has just lost his castrating
mother. He will soon discover that her presence did not
really leave the house.
20
lgu
DIRECTOR
jad
moukarzel
SILENCE
ÉQUILATÉRAL
lu2
DIRECTOR
Rana
Maalouf
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
home of
hope
6 min.
Production: 2014
Kids have some big family problems or social imbalance,
passed their journey at Beyt El Rajaa, the house for the
orphans. They treat them to feel like it’s their home.
20 min.
Cast: Caroline Hatem | Ricardo Traboulsi
Production: 2014
When Jad, 19 years old, living with his mother, meets
Yasmine, a married woman in her late thirties, it seems
like he fell for her when he finds himself fascinated by
her husband’s world, and moreover to find himself a male
idol. Strange emotions overtake Yasmine who feels that
her life is empty and senseless, but soon realizes that she
got everything she needs.
21
ndu
black
yogurt
DIRECTOR
julien
kai
alba
DIRECTOR
racha
taki
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
The Third
Bench
12 min.
Cast: Samer Al Achy
Production: 2014
In a land that knows no time nor space, one man controls
the fate of a train station and takes its passenger on a
journey beyond what they have expected.
13 min.
Production: 2014
Aisha is a Syrian little girl living in one of Lebanon’s
refugee camps.
Suffering from all kinds of inhuman conditions, she dares
to dream like every other child.
22
usek
DIRECTOR
marwan
habaka
hayda l loto
usek
DIRECTOR
antonios
chalfoun
ANIMATION
DOCUMENTARY
stay a
free man
2 min.
Production: 2014
What is life on its own? My story is about a man living the
good life until one day he finds himself being the only one
without a partner. People all around him having romantic
moments... everybody seems to be in love but him
suddenly, lightning strikes and he is riding the love train
but little did he know that this train is going to hit rock
bottom at the end.
12 min.
Cast: abou imad
Production: 2014
Docu.fiction reflecting the lottery in the context of Beirut
and hope, led by an old man who roams around Beirut
trying to sell lottery to survive his redundancy.
23
lau
DIRECTOR
WHERE THERE IS
NOTHING BUT WATER
alba
DIRECTOR
MOHAMED
SABBAH
FICTION
Hassan
Julien
Chehouri
FICTION
khalil
20 min.
26 min.
Cast: Nasri Sayegh | Racha Baroud
Production: 2014
Cast: CAROLINE HATEM | MAJDI MACHMOUCHI
Production: 2014
Khalil is a middle-aged Lebanese man who leads a
simple life, however, he’s got a big addiction, a haunting
obsession. He likes to see women in emotional pain.
Upon realizing that his only friend Racha is going through
an emotional downfall, he takes advantage of her for his
own benefit.
A family is getting disintegrated...
A cancer, a loss of memory, a desire and a lot of
imagination...
Under the hypnosis of the song of mermaids...
24
iesav
5d
DIRECTOR
therezia
chalouhi
aku
DIRECTOR
hiam
hilal
FICTION
ANIMATION
cupid,
the angel of love
1 min.
Production: 2014
Cupid is the little angel of love who, with a shot of an arrow,
gathers two distant people together, or possibly fix a fight.
13 min.
Cast: Charbel Sammour
Production: 2014
Jack, an eighteen year old boy wakes up nervously in the
morning on the alarm, and while going back to bed he tramples
on the eyeglasses and breaks them. He goes searching for an
optic gallery to fix them. Therefore, he finds the gallery where
weird events happen with the “5D” eyeglasses that transfer him
to Hollywood’s world… Afterwards, we notice that the cinema
surpassed the “3D” phase to reach the “5D” phase, which is
living the film by using the five senses.
25
upa
DIRECTOR
rabih
al bitar
exit
ndu
DIRECTOR
Salma
Dhaybi
FICTION
ANIMATION
cars
& crash
3 min.
Production: 2013
Survive to win, that is the main race. They will have to do what
they have to do and will never stop the motion.
15 min.
Cast: Yara Fares | Hassan Mrad | Daniel Balabane
Production: 2014
Living in stillness of emotions and feelings of a failing
marriage, the wife engages in an “affair” with an outcast
who shakes her world and brings it back to life.
26
upa
DIRECTOR
rebecca
rustom
bmout
fik
aust
DIRECTOR
Haissam
Fawzi
Masri
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
it’s my baby,
sister!
15 min.
26 min.
Cast: Rafka El Zir | Hiba Medjahdi | John Paul
Semaan
Production: 2014
Cast: Nadim Khoury | Layal Syriani | Elie Eid |
Leen Abou Shaheen
Production: 2014
Souad a 50 years old lady, doesn’t have children. Her
young sister asks her to babysit her son Roudy. Dealing
with Roudy was difficult, he cried, refused to take his
milk... Souad had the idea to breastfeed him; Roudy
stops crying. Souad was surprised and amazed, she felt
something she never knew before, a maternety feeling.
Souad started to make bonds with Roudy…
A strange “love story” between a married woman and a
stranger she meets in a hospital; The struggle of Basma
with the cruelty of this man (Nadim Khoury) and what he
forces her to do, may not end up simply. The desperate
woman may not be able to keep him out of her life in
order to live in peace with her husband Karim and only
daughter Nay, especially after she discovers that he is her
Cancer!
27
usek
DIRECTOR
ndu
DIRECTOR
rouhana
el hage
FICTION
paula
layoun
undefined
FICTION
image
14 min.
13 min.
Cast: Christine Choueiri | Charles Cremona
Production: 2014
Cast: JuliEn Farhat | Wafa’a Halawi
Production: 2014
Mona, a former actress in her forties, gets the chance to
perform again in a play. However, she is now afraid of her
new image. Ziad, a photographer comes and changes the
way she perceives herself.
Harvey is a successful man who owns one of the biggest
advertising agencies in the world. The world sees him as the
“Perfect” man, but in reality he’s struggling with an eating
disorder and clinical depression.
Harvey receives an old canvas he painted when he was a
child, and through this painting he realizes how distorted and
painful his life has become… He challenges himself to create
a new painting that will reveal what is missing in his life.
28
lau
DIRECTOR
amir
haffar
kfarmatta
iesav
DIRECTOR
maya
el dib
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
ramadan
8 min.
Production: 2014
Ages 5 years old, Ramadan is the world’s youngest Muay
Thai player, on his hard road to becoming a champion.
19 min.
Cast: Hafez Gharib | Hassib Gharib | Chafik
Gharib | Amin Khaddaj | Radwan El Dib
Production: 2013
The film is about Kfarmatta, Druze and Christian’s village
that has seen the fiercest fights in the civil war .The
Christians where abandoned for 30 years. They returned
in 2007 and began the quest for reconciliation. But the
Druze have not forgotten the past.
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aut
DIRECTOR
lau
DIRECTOR
Firas Bou
Zeineddine
FICTION
elsa
sawma
The Eye’s Veil
FICTION
tichitchi
13 min.
Cast: Serj Pannosian
Production: 2013
A guy in his 20s has the chance to watch his Life
uncovered behind the scenes.
17 min.
Cast: Nay Tabbara | Roger Ghanem
Bashar Al Khoury
Production: 2013
The Eye’s Veil is based on a true story. Maha, a 17-year old girl is
alienated by her family and friends due to her unique ambitions
and behavior. The people of her community consider her an
outsider to their accepted social norms. A harsh car accident
paralyzes her and causes the loss of her eyesight. To her, the
aftermath sympathy of parents and friends is nothing but the
persistence of their real initial blindness. Through her drawing,
she expresses her belief that vision is not a physical ability.
30
usek
DIRECTOR
hady
chababy
this is
not fairouz
upa
DIRECTORs
Jean-Claude
Boulos &
Joe Kazzi
ANIMATION
DOCUMENTARY
Mydeos
Rediscovered
3 min.
8 min.
Production: 2014
Cast: Mostafa Hijazi
Production: 2013
Long ago, a thriving piece of heaven came under threat
from an evil force. To preserve the city, a spell was cast to
hide it. Today, millenia later, our explorers find Mydeos.
Abdo is a Lebanese journalist searching for Fairouz for an
interview. He asks people what they know about her in
order to get to her
31
DIRECTOR
moe
swaid
Suspended
survival
lu1
DIRECTOR
Nour
Safieddine &
Rolande Issa
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
a’oudi
ndu
11 min.
Cast: Ziad Seaibe
Production: 2014
Youssef, an architect, is still obsessed with his dead wife
who tries getting her back through mutual activities they
used to have. The feeling of regret, sin and shame end up
by Youssef getting related insanely to his wife’s work and
wardrobe. Later on, Youssef gets to know that the feel
of guilt can’t be released and that regret will remain his
partner.
15 min.
Cast: Mohammad Koteich | Najla Bazzi
Zahra Abdalla | Hussein Al-Sayyed
Production: 2014
A shepherd, a sewing woman, a farmer and an investor,
all are surviving in different ways their presence on the
Lebanese-Israeli border.
32
lgu
DIRECTOR
nour
akiki
the raisins
iesav
DIRECTOR
raymond
aftimos
FICTION
ANIMATION
life to tape
15 min.
Cast: CHRISTINE CHOUEIRI
Production: 2014
Joe is a child with autism trying to share the bad behavior
of his nanny with his mother Salma, busy preparing his
birthday. Finally, Joe will communicate clearly with his
mother as well as she will observe the truth, however it
is all over.
17 min.
Cast: Nader Moussally | Jamale Abou Hamad |
Roula Khairallah
Production: 2013
A poor, unsuspecting, nice and naïve young man who
works in a dry fruit and raisin store finds himself fired.
But when the nearby sea offers him incredible gifts, his
perspective on life will change fiercely ...
33
LU2
DIRECTOR
Celine
Moukarzel
afif
ALBA
DIRECTOR
Julien
Kobersy
FICTION
FICTION
Coup D’œil
9 min.
Cast: Elie khater
Production: 2014
A clown living in his box watching the happy life of kids,
feels motivated to get out and discover life. He regrets it
after finding an audience of grownups waiting for him to
always make them laugh and be their clown.
15 min.
Cast: MURIELLE YAZBECK | JULIEN KOBERSY | ELIA EL
HADDAD | FAYEZ ABOU KHATER
Production: 2014
Afif is fired from his work. With no place to stay, he
sleeps at the beach.
In the morning, he wakes up to find his destiny...
SHORTS SELECTION
LEBANESE independent
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DIRECTOR
Arwa
Al-Jardaly
honeymoon 58
DIRECTOR
Hady
Zaccak
ANIMATION
DOCUMENTARY
deep in
her mind
6 min.
15 min.
Production: 2014
Production: 2013
She wakes up to enter her imaginary world to live a
unique experience between logic and fantasy.
They met in 1955. She was his secretary. He was the boss.
They fell in love and got married in 1958. One honeymoon
started while another one ended. Honeymoon 58, a neverending Lebanese story of love and war. Based on the diary
of the young bride and rare archive from Cinecitta in Rome,
“Honeymoon 58” merges the personal love story with the
collective History to resume a short forgotten rehearsal in
1958 for a long civil war that started 17 years later in 1975.
36
DIRECTOR
troubled
waters
DIRECTOR
toufic
khreich
FICTION
marwan
kassis
FICTION
news
bullet-in
5 min.
Cast: Chirine Aoun | Lynn Abou Aoun | Marwan
Kassis
Production: 2013
Through the eyes of a Syrian family living in Lebanon,
the film shows in a dramatic way the reality of the media
war in the Middle East and its effect on innocent remote
control addicts.
25 min.
Cast: Rodrigue Sleiman | Camille Salameh
Production: 2013
Twenty-seven years away, Eskandar comes back. Once in
Beirut, he is haunted by his childhood memories, which
bounce him between the past and the present. The same
experiences that sent him away as a child, lead him back
as an adult.
37
DIRECTOR
tarek
raffoul
moneta
DIRECTOR
Jad Dani
Ali Hassan
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
red white green
9 min.
Production: 2013
A short documentary about a mother’s struggle, wanting
to find a better place for her 37 year old son with down
syndrome, before it’s too late. The short documentary Piros
fehér zöld (Red white green) displays the tricky side of life,
how it can force us play a double sided role even if it’s against
our will. That is exactly what happened with Anna, the mother,
who was forced to give him away to a home that would take
care of him fearing that she would die anytime soon.
32 min.
Cast: Jihad Marhaba | Albert Kanaan
Production: 2014
A chronic alcoholic who constantly blacks-out investigates
an unusual micro-cassette to find out how he spent the
last five hours leading up to Christmas.
38
DIRECTOR
clement
vieu
FICTION
the thorn
13 min.
Cast: CLEMENT VIEU | YASMINA HATEM | JOSYANE
BOULOS | TINO KARAM | LARA SAYEGH
Production: 2014
A French journalist meets his first love in Beirut’s streets.
In the same time, he feels a violent pain on his foot. A
nostalgic postal card from Lebanon
SHORTS SELECTION
international
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russia
wedding
cake
DIRECTOR
vitaly
suslin
germany
DIRECTOR
VIOLA
BAIER
FICTION
ANIMATION
shnir
10 min.
Cast: Lashin Ivan
Production: 2013
Rural trip fall in love in beauty.
8 min.
Production: 2013
Two marzipan figures come to life on top of a wedding cake
and start to sculpt the perfect marriage out of cake icing. And
success! Everything seems sweet and perfect. But discontent
soon sours the atmosphere. At first, they manage to find
compromises, but the more insignificant the disputes get, the
less they are willing to compromise until nobody is willing to give
in anymore.
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Belgium
& Iraq
MINIYAMBA
DIRECTOR
Bavi Yassin
DENMARK
DIRECTOR
LUC
PEREZ
FICTION
ANIMATION
THE LOST
VOICE
15 min.
19 min.
Cast: Darina Al Joundi | Muhanad Mukhtar
Production: 2013
The film is about Salma, an Iraqi singer who supported Saddam
Hussein’s regime with her ‘propaganda’ songs. She decides to
leave her former life behind hoping to find a quiet and peaceful
future in Europe. In her mind she’s still the beautiful diva she
once was. When faced with a young Iraqi man in a Belgian
refugee centre, Salma’s life is turned upside down. She is torn
between the harsh reality of the refugee centre and the poetic
images and thoughts of the desert that occupy her mind.
Production: 2013
Like thousands of people around the world who everyday
leave their homeland, Abdu, a young Malian has decided
to reach Europe
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EGYPT
DIRECTOR
MAHMOUD
YOSSRY
THANKS GOD
IT’S FRIDAY
Morocco
& France
DIRECTOR
Asmae El
Moudir
ANIMATION
DOCUMENTARY
A MAN SINCE
LONG TIME
17 min.
Cast: Amro Okasha | Ahmed El Attar | Ahmed
Nabil | Mohamed Adel | Karim Galal
Production: 2012
A short documentary about sexual suppression problems
in Egypt.
Guys can’t make a relation because it is a great sin and
shame in their culture and religion. At the same time they
can’t marry easily, because marriage needs money and
responsibility.
13 min.
Cast: Asmae El Moudir
Production: 2014
In 1999, in the midst of the past, the present and the
future, Asmae, a 10 years old girl, recalls scattered but
coherent parts of her life, the life of her uncle Marzouk,
and the history of her country, Morocco.
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INDIA
DIRECTOR
SERBIA
DIRECTOR
Aleksandar
Tokin
FICTION
Maaria
Sayed
SHE IS I!
FICTION
AABIDA
27 min.
Cast: Lubna Salim | Siddharth Dudeja | Neha
Singh | Dhananjay Singh
Production: 2013
A political yet intimate drama about a Muslim woman
dealing with life on different levels after she loses her
husband, a police inspector in the 26/11 terror attacks in
Mumbai. The events unfurl in a day as Aabida finds her
present life free of the influence of her chauvinist husband
while she recalls her past through a press interview with
journalists. But will society ever allow her this sense of
freedom?
9 min.
Cast: Aleksandra Bjelajac
Production: 2013
The film is inspired by love verses from the poem
“The Gardener“ by Rabindranath Tagore.
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AUSTRIA
DIRECTOR
EYE & MERMAID
DIRECTOR
SHAHAD
AMEED
FICTION
HELEN
PARKES
SAUDI
ARABIA
FICTION
ALWAYS ON
MY MIND
8 min.
14 min.
Cast: Susanne Gschwendtner | Rainer
Zoffmann
Production: 2014
Cast: Rashid Al-Sheeb | Sarah Dorani | Nadine
Fadayel | Baseema Hajjar
Production: 2013
In this dark comedy, a young woman tells the story about
the man in her life: he wears a dark suit and carries an
umbrella, he never says a word, and has never left her
side in four years. And then of course, there’s that little
habit of his… In the beginning, it almost drove her insane.
But as we all know, there are some things in life that are
simply here to stay -or at least so we think, or in some
cases, we even hope.
Ten-year-old Hanan lives in a fishing village on the coast of
the Arabian Peninsula. She has always wanted to join her
father on his night time fishing trips, but he doesn’t want
her to come along. In the morning, he always returns
with wonderful black pearls, but where do they come
from? Does he harbour a secret? ‘Eye and Mermaid’ is an
unsettling reminder that the lovely things in life may come
at a hefty cost - one we are not prepared to acknowledge.
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TUNISIA
DIRECTOR
Ismahane
Lahmar
Seven Minutes in
the Warsaw Ghetto
DENMARK
DIRECTOR
Johan
Oettinger
FICTION
ANIMATION
GET MARRIED
18 min.
Cast: Fathi Haddaoui | Lotfi Ebdelli | Fatma Ben
Saidane
Production: 2013
Neila, an ugly Tunisian woman, wants to get married
at any price. She pays Cupidland a special Agency to
take care of her future. Cupidland guarantee the perfect
wedding to their clients after 2 months of an intense and
weird internship.
“Get Married” is a satire on Tunisian bourgeoisie under
the Ben Ali’s presidency.
7 min.
Cast: Vibe Lilmoes | Ene Oster Bendtsen
Production: 2012
The Warsaw Ghetto, 1942. Samek, an eight year old boy
who is naughty and full of life, peeks through a hole in the
ghetto wall and sees a carrot lying on the sidewalk just on
the other side. He tries to pull the carrot through the hole
with a piece of wire, unaware that two SS men are posted
nearby and are following his every move.
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IRan
Bahram &
Bahman
Hajaboullou
behind the
smoke screen
netherlands
& lebanon
DIRECTOR
Rami el Harayri
& Niels de Groot
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
THE SUNBURNED
DIRECTOR
15 min.
17 min.
Cast: Ali Qsemi
Production: 2013
Cast: Steven Sonneveld
Production: 2013
The sunburned it’s a narrative about a lonely and
disgruntle man who takes care of sun flowers. due to
his jealous of sun he takes sun flowers to a dark place
but under some circumstance he himself felt captive in
darkness. Finally man comes back to farm again, however
this time he conflicts with a mouse and put that mouse in
cage.
Steven is one of the four hundred adopted children
who were smuggled into the Netherlands during the
Lebanese Civil War in 1975. Until this day, the trace to
their biological parents remains a path of unanswered
questions. The more Steven is seeking for answers about
his roots and identity, the more he is facing lies and
obstacles.
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Croatia &
Macedonia
DIRECTOR
ireland
DIRECTOR
Sarah
Lafferty
FICTION
DOROTEA
VUČIĆ
mama’s boy
FICTION
lilly on
the moon
14 min.
11 min.
Cast: REBEKA ČULJAK | KREŠIMIR MIKIĆ | ANITA
MATIĆ - DELIĆ
Production: 2013
Cast: Steve Harris | Breid Morris |
Frank Lahiffe
Production: 2013
Lilly is no ordinary girl. Her nights are filled with horror.
Each night the Monster comes into her room and she
can’t tell her parents about it. She can only take refuge in
her imaginary world where there is a Girl just like her, who
can help her shed the light on the Monster
Gabe and Angela have a very strange mother-son
relationship. They are incredibly co-dependent but each
of them is hiding a secret from the other. Angela has a
boyfriend and Gabe is a violent killer. What will happen
when their secrets collide?
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DIRECTOR
gavin
hoffman
SPLIT
STRUCTURE
CZECH
REPUBLIC
DIRECTOR
Kristyna
Bartosova
FICTION
ANIMATION
Complicit
ireland
4 min.
7 min.
Cast: Shane Connelly | Jorden-Lee Mc Grath
Production: 2013
Cast: Helena Št´ávová | Monika Částková
Production: 2013
A man is seeking help to come to terms with his past
actions. He is haunted by what he has been a part of and
opens up about the nature of his complicity. However
time is running out to make things right. Complicit is a
film exploring the consequences of our actions.
Me and my second Me. Inner dialogue. Dance film.
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jordan
DIRECTOR
woman from
the past
slovakia
DIRECTOR
Csaba
Molnár
FICTION
Hussen
Ibraheem
Ibraheem
FICTION
3:30
14 min.
Cast: Ahmad Massad | Peeka emna Bin Rajab |
Jebril mohamad | Abdulellah jawarneh
Production: 2012
A robbery by three men and a woman. Due to a lack of
trust between each of them their plan ends up in a fiasco.
14 min.
Cast: Éva Bandor | Géza Benko
Production: 2013
Frank is living his everyday life, as a husband of a beautiful
woman and a father of an adult son, when suddenly a
mysterious woman shows up at his door, claiming that
Frank is her long lost true love. The film is an adaptation
of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s drama Woman from the
past, shot on a mobile phone as the mysterious woman’s
video-diary.
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germany
DIRECTOR
Moritz
Schneider
the three of us
england
DIRECTOR
james
fox
FICTION
ANIMATION
hArald
6 min.
Production: 2013
Harald is a wrestler and the whole pride of his ambitious
mother. But his true love are flowers. His mother fears
her son could become a pantywaist and collects all of his
flowers. Standing next to the rig during the fights, she
threats Harald with lacerating the flower. One night Harald
makes a plan: a plant stronger than his mother must be
raised. Even if he loves her, he has to get rid of his mother,
making his own decisions for the first time in his life.
13 min.
Cast: Gareth Cooper | Oliver Wilkinson |
Gemma Paget
Production: 2014
Anthony, the best man, is hopelessly in love with Elaine,
the bride, but is all hope lost when Anthony receives an
instant message from Elaine asking him to come over the
day before the wedding... Have Anthony’s dreams come
true?
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Army Forest
and Estates
DIRECTOR
Mark
Gerstorfer
CZECH
REPUBLIC
DIRECTOR
Jan
Kacena
FICTION
DOCUMENTARY
salvation
austria
29 min.
Cast: Daniel Helmer | Sarah Klein | Klemens
Marschall
Production: 2014
Salvation portrays the post-pubertal interlude of three
young adults as a wasteland of squandered time, a
day-to-day life drifting between nonsense, disco and
fatality, conveyed through videos personally filmed by the
protagonists.
8 min.
Production: 2012
Documentary about inhabitants of Czech Army area in
Doupov mountains. All the property there belongs to
Army, not to the people, who live and work there. Few
people, living in this huge space, are huntsmen, soldiers
and forest workers.
The film is taken within one day, during the huntsmen’s
celebration.
special showcase
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Al-Hodoud
SYRIA
DIRECTOR
Duraid
Lahham
CINE-JAM
4th BATCH
99 min.
Cast: Duraid Lahham | Sabah Al-Salem | Rashid
Assaf | Mohammed El Akkad
Production: 1984
A traveler between two countries metaphorically named
“Easternstan” and “Westernstan” loses his passport and
identity papers. Stuck between the two countries he can
neither cross the frontiers nor get back to where he came
from. He’s forced to camp in the neutral area between
the two countries, facing a lot of funny situations while
there. The movie satirizes the ideology of Arab unity and
cooperation at the state level.
LEBANON &
CZECH REPUBLIC
DIRECTOR
8 Talents from
FAMU-Prague
45 min.
Production: 2013
8 Emotions, 8 Films, 8 Artists.
A Muriel Aboulrouss Workshop, in collaboration with
FAMU Film School (Czech Republic).
Cine-Jam was created by Muriel Aboulrouss in 2012
where the only rule to follow is authenticity in cinema as
in life.
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ZYARA
LEBANON
DIRECTOR
Muriel
Aboulrouss
Sotto Voce
MOROCCO
& UAE
DIRECTOR
Kamal
Kamal
21 min.
Production: 2014
Zyara is a web-series that depicts intimate portraits of
individuals sharing their stories and experiences. Zyara
underlines our uniqueness through its visual poetic
expression. It promotes oneness by exploring universal
human emotions, away from anything that separates
human beings. Zyara is an act of love towards Mankind
with only one rule: authenticity in art as in life. Departure
point: Beirut city!
94 min.
Cast: Ahmed Benaissa | Khaled Benaissa
Jihane Kamal
Production: 2013
Algeria border is obstructed by the Morice line, a 430-mile
long belt that is electrified and heavily mined. Moussa, a
Moroccan friend of the revolution, helps refugees across
the mountains. However, he finds out that the path
he usually takes is no longer safe. Hans, a Communist
militant of the GDR, loses a leg on the way, while trying to
remove a mine from a passageway…
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Fish
and Cat
USA & IRAN
DIRECTOR
Shahram
Mokri
134 min.
Videoinsight® Room
by Videoinsight®
Foundation
ITALY
121 min.
Cast: Abed Abest | Mona Ahmadi
Ainaz Azarhoush
Production: 2013
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region
in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the
winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied
by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant.
Videoinsight Special Screening for the Promotion of the
Well-Being.
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Agency
USA
DIRECTOR
Georges
Chamchoum
Ode to
My Mother
USA
DIRECTOR
Georges
Chamchoum
8 min.
Cast: Angela Withworth | Cliffton Hall | Chris
Manitius |Christpopher Kriesa | Matthias Hues
Production: 2014
After losing an aging top client at a powerful talent
Agency, two desperate agents see a young vulnerable
actress as the last chance they have to save their job. It
could happen
55 min.
Cast: Rana Zaarour | Prince Gharios of
Ghassan Al-Nu’man VIII
Production: 2014
Tahra Abdul Hafiz Al-Siba’i was an acclaimed Saudi
Arabian artist, author, poet and mother. She bucked all
traditions, leaving Mecca in her 20s taking her young
children from the Middle East to Africa to Europe for a
good education, where she transformed herself from an
unschooled matriarch to book author and regarded icon
in the world of fashion. Ode to My Mother is an intimate
portrait of Tahra’s rise against all odds.
international guests
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Delwyn
James
Mooney
IReland
Delwyn Mooney, Irish producer, director, writer, graduated with a
Degree in Advertising & Art Direction from Istituto Europeo di Design
Barcelona and from St Kevin’s College Dublin, with a BTEC Higher
National Diploma in Media Production (Moving Image) & Journalism
in 2005.
Delwyn has worked in various departments from editor, director,
writer, producer to script supervisor. He has worked on many
features and award winning shorts around the world, Iran, Philippines,
Canada, France, England, Spain and Ireland. He set up a production
company called Cardel Entertainment and produced two international
documentary productions. Most recently forming a branding agency
Gudwrk Agency and digital camera equipment company Digital
Negative. He is also a founder and director of Silk Road film Festival.
Delwyn is currently developing and packaging a slate of films with
Cardel Entertainment.
Carla
Mooney
IReland
Born and living in Ireland, graduated with a BA in International
Business and French, having studied in Ireland and France.
Member of the Irish Film & Television Academy, Screen
Producers Ireland & studied at the Irish Film Actors Studio.
She is Board Member for Film Offaly film commission in
Ireland and Notre Dame Student International Film Festival
in Lebanon. She has extensive experience as a producer,
director, actress including theatre, short films, music videos,
international documentaries and television productions. She is
co-founder and director of the Irish Production Company, Cardel
Entertainment and Gudwrk Agency, a creative transmedia
agency. In March 2013, she co-founded and is director of Silk
Road Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland, which aspires to continue
the Silk Road cultural heritage by facilitating international
dialogue, understanding and cultural integration between
filmmakers and filmgoers.
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Thomas
Ennis
Ireland
Thomas’ background was in Economics and most recently a
management role in the private healthcare sector. He has now
switched his primary focus to scriptwriting and production
with Cardel Entertainment. Recently active on developing
projects with Iranian as well as Lebanese partners to generate
coproduction opportunities as well as developing original Irish
based work with a view to bringing contemporary Irish voices
to the screen.
Besides involvement with productions he is also writing his
own original work as well as co-writing some of the proposed
productions.
Also involved in the Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland as a creative
director seeking and reviewing submissions from filmmakers
and also engaging with potential sponsors both local and
overseas.
Steinar
Oli
Jonsson
Iceland
Steinar studied Information Technology & Multimedia Studies in
Reykjavík Technical College,
Iceland’s capital for three years before relocating to Barcelona
where he graduated with a Degree in Advertising & Art
Direction from Istituto Europeo di Design Barcelona. Working
as a creative Director with nectar agency in Barcelona for
two years before moving to Ireland to set up a creative
agency (Gudwrk Agency) dealing with branding, commercials,
film packaging, transmedia, mobile applications and web
development. Steinar has vast experience working as a
creative, having packaged and marketed films through different
platforms in development stages to Marketing and Distribution
(film360), web, poster, film investment presentations, online,
social media presence. Founder and director of Silk Road film
Festival and works with Cardel Entertainment in implementing
the design of packages and marketing tools for film.
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Olga
Podluzhnaya
Russia
Multi-talented Olga Podluzhnaya is a world renowned Throat
Singer and Musician. Plays the khomus or Jew’s Harp and the
Sakha Ritual Tambourine. very early on her interest was singing
and playing the Khomus - and is the first Musician to ever
combine folk & Traditional Yakut Music with Modern Rock, Club
and Western Music. She has been performing from Norway to
Kazakhstan to Japan and all over the Russian Republics.
She is the recipient of all-Russia National Piano Competition
and Festival. Has won numerous awards in several Regional &
International Music Competitions. Her goal is to put on the map
Sakha Music - and to keep on experimenting new sounds with
her Khomus and deep Throat Singing!
Irina
Engelis
Russia
Irina Engelis , organizer and coordinator of the Yakutsk
International Film Festival.
Born in 1980 in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Graduated
from St. Petersburg State University of culture and arts as
a Culturologist. Worked as the assistant of rector of the
Arctic state institute of arts and cultures. From 2007, she is
working as the chief specialist of department of cinema and
development of multimedia technologies of the Ministry of
Culture and spiritual development of the Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia). Engelis was the curator and the organizer of cultural
programs of Yakutia in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Italy, Mexico
and China.
Author of the main prize “Snow Glasses” of the Yakutsk
International Film Festival.
Assistant to the director of the movie “By the will of Genghis
Khan”, coauthor of the screenplay of the movie “Leaving Hong
Kong”.
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Tatiana
Leganteva
Russia
Tatiana Leganteva, born in the south of the Republic of Sakha
(Yakutia), is a theater, cinema and television actress. Honored
art worker of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Graduated from the Highest Theatrical School (institute) named
after Mikhail Schepkin at the State Academic Maliy theater of
Russia (Moscow) as an actress.
Worked since 2002 in the Sakha Academic Theater Platon
Oyunsky (Yakutsk).
Participated in Republican entertaining TV-projects of which
“Two stars”, “Clean Town”, “No Exit”, etc. Played in different
films like “Heart of a She-Bear”, “While the Wind Blows”,
“Unexpected”, “Moth”, “Outlaw” and “August”.
Ilyana
Pavlova
Russia
Ilyana Pavlova, theater, cinema and television actress. Was
born in the north of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Graduated
from the Highest Theatrical School (institute) named after
Mikhail Schepkin at the State academic Maliy Theater of Russia
(Moscow) as an actress of theater and cinema drama.
Since 2002 works in the Sakha Academic Theater named after
Platon Oyunsky (Yakutsk)
In 2014 on the II Yakutsk International Film Festival she won
Audience Award “Best Actress in Yakut films” for Elvira’s role in
the movie “Aiyy Uola”.
Participated in different films; “Heart of a she-bear”,
“Manchaary - Bahylay” “Куоратчыт/ Towner “, “Father”, “By
the Will of Genghis Khan”, “Leaving Hong Kong”, “Aiyy Uola”.
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Amin
MousSalli
Nigeria
Engineer Amin Moussalli holds the GROUP MD of AIM Group Ltd.,
which he co-founded with Chairperson, Arc. Saada Elias Moussalli.
AIM Group comprises AIM Consultants Ltd., Narelli International Ltd,
STEAM Broadcasting and Communications Ltd. powering CoolFMs
and CoolTV, Globe Broadcasting and Communications. The Group
operates 11 FM radio stations and 2 TV stations in Lagos, Abuja, PortHarcourt and Kano.
Amin holds a B.E Degree from American University of Beirut, and two
Master’s Degrees in Mechanical and Civil Engineering from Texas A
& M University.
Moussalli holds a National Merit Award in the rank of “Member of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria” conferred to him by President Olusegun
Obasanjo in 2001, a Chieftaincy title from Anambra State presented
by Ex-Vice President Dr. Alex Ekwueme, a higher National Award of
“Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” conferred to
him by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2014.
Rebecca
Russo
Italy
President of Videoinsight® Foundation, Director of Videoinsight®
Center, Founder of Videoinsight® Advanced Course Degree at
the University of Bologna, Faculty of Medicine. Researcher,
Philantropist, Writer, Art Collector, Russo holds Ph.D in
Relational and Systemic Psychotherapy. Her Videoinsight®
Collection’s curatorial line is based on selecting contemporary
Art that contains a high Psychological impact and offers a
real Psycho-diagnostic and Psycho - therapeutic potential.
She created Videoinsight® Method, Concepts and Formats:
Videoinsight’s Rooms in Hospitals, Corners in Emergency, Art
for Care Project, Collecting Room, Prize, Channel in Hotel,
Word, Sport, Training, World, Walk, Interpretative Museum. The
Videoinsight® Method has been tested since 2012 in Medicine
Orthopedics in Scientific Ethic Researches at University
Hospitals. Results have been published on international
magazines and presented in many lectures in international
congress in the world.
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Zuzana
Bartosova
Slovakia
Zuzana Bartošová studied film production at the Academy of
Performing Arts,Bratislava. She absolved one term of Erazmus
program at FAMU International. She has worked on many
short student movies, commercials, 9 documents portraits
of scientists, festivals, Visegrad Film Forum-production and
finance department, BHS-Bratislava music festival; she
attended Le festival International du Film d´amour de Mons in
Belgium-young jury member, Midpoint workshop 2014 (prize for
Best short film project).
As a director of Áčko student film festival in 2013 Zuzana and
her festival crew managed to invite students from 4 European
film schools situated in London, Brussels, Budapest and Zlín to
screen their students´ work and present their universities.
Hermann
Florin
Germany
Founder and managing director of Florin Film and Feine Filme GmbH
based in Berlin and Cologne, as well as Benrae Florin Films Limited in
Ireland.
Hermann produced Conor McDermottroe’s award winning feature film
debut “Swansong”, which garnered a runner up for Best Irish Film at
the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh and an IFTA for Best Leading Actor 2011.
Together with UFA Cinema, Hermann produced successful German
family fare “Hanni and Nanni 1”, “2” and “3”which sold more than
millions of tickets in German speaking territories.
In addition to “Halal Daddy”, Hermann is developing the comedy
“Wanderers”, and producing the award-winning script “Katte” by
Johannes Reben, planned for autumn.
Hermann worked on this film with screenwriter Christoph Silber and
writer/director Sandra Nettelbeck. This new feature film “I’m Off Then”
will be directed by Julia von Heinz. Herman taught at film schools in
Berlin and Hamburg, is decision maker at EAVE, and a member of the
German and European Film Academies.
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Milena
Nicolic
Austria
Milena Nikolic studied Theatre, Film and Media Science at the
University of Vienna. Is board member and head of festival production
at VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria’s biggest short film
festival. She has been working for the festival since 2009 and is also
a member of the selection team for the international competition
“Fiction & Documentary“. Milena also works as head of festival
production for the /Slash Filmfestival.
Marija
Milovanovic
Austria
Marija Milovanovic is program coordinator and board member
at VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria’s biggest short film
festival, which she works for since 2008. She is in charge
of international collaboration and head of the international
competition “Fiction & Documentary“. She is working for
various other Austrian film festivals like Diagonale (Festival of
Austrian Film) and /Slash. Marija studied theatre, film and media
science at the University of Vienna.
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Susanne
Gschwendtner
Austria
Susanne is based in Vienna and London. She studied at East 15
Acting School. After working with Ken Campbell and completing
various theatre works across the UK, she moved to the Middle
East, where she focused on international film and music
production. In 2011 she moved back to Vienna, where she
developed her own one-woman-show “The Photographer”.
Susanne is best known for her role as Queen Ralia in “The
Quest”, a new TV series by the producer of The Lord of the
Rings. She recently performed in the critically acclaimed play
The Flood by Badac Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014.
Julia
Fabrik
Austria
Julia Fabrick works as a curator and is member of the program
department of VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria’s biggest
international short film festival. She has studied at the Institute
of Theater, Film and Media Science at Vienna University and
wrote her thesis about the political forms of a festival, using
the example of the Viennale, Austrias biggest and oldest
international film festival. Since 2008 she works for VIS and
has presented several programs. One of the most popular
venues, which she established at the festival, is “PopPorn Vienna’s most exciting porn night”. In her work as a curator
she tries to create awareness for physicality in media and film.
Her programs also deals with radical and critical realities of our
society.
She is in charge of national collaborations and head of the
Vienna Shorts Agency, which tries to enhance the promotion of
short films year round. Besides that she works for filmdelights,
which is a world sales for Austrian films.
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Ferial
Masry
USA
Ferial Masry, born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ran for a seat in the
California State Assembly.
She is recognized as someone who is trying to break new
ground and break down barriers. The mother of a U.S.
soldier who served in Iraq, she has been an inspiration to
people from all backgrounds as she pursues public office in
California. She is also the author of the Book “Running for all
the Right Reason” , Documentary Producer, Chairperson of
Education Committee for the National Council on US- Arab
Relation, Cultural Consultant for the L.A. Board of Education
for two years, holding workshops, organizing conferences,
lecturing, and sharing input on intercultural topics, Creator
and coordinator of the Arab Children’s Cultural Exhibit for the
Children’s Museum of L.A. 1992. The State Department Bureau
of International Information Programs, called Ferial Masry
“Saudi-American Woman Champions Democracy.”
Sergey
Shirinsky
Russia
Born on June 1, 1991, in Moscow. In 2014 graduated from
All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after
Sergey Gerasimov, scriptwriters department.
Works as a Program director of VGIK International Student
Festival since 2010.
Prizewinner of festivals, including 32d VGIK IFF, 23d Open
documentary festival “Russia”, “Saint Anna” Festival in 2011,
2012 and 2013, 12th Kansk Int. Video festival as a short films
scriptwriter and producer of the films “2 in 1”, “Kardo”, “Not
With Us” directed by Svetlana Sigalaeva.
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Marc
Anthony
Rome
Switzerland
Marc Anthony Rome is a painter and installation artist, having
trained at the Cardiff School of Art, Wales, UK (BA Hons) in the
early 1990’s.
He is currently undertaking another Masters course in socially
engaged art practice at the Art School (LIT) in Limerick, Ireland.
His previous undertakings amongst many, have seen him as a
public art consultant, founder of a chain of art studios across
the UK (Yazeni-kylo), co-founder of an independent record label
in Wales (FF Vinyl), independent film maker in Zambia, Africa;
BBC trained digital cameraman, co-founder and co-director of
Simple Galerie, Gstaad, Switzerland and presently director of
both Wandelbar Art International and the Gstaadfilm festival.
Tahar
Houchi
Switzerland
Tahar Houchi holds a BA French and Linguistics (University
of Algiers), a Diploma in Development Studies (University of
Geneva), and a Postgraduate Degree in Language, Literature
and Civilization French (University of Lyon II).
Journalist and film critic, he is a member of the Swiss
Association Journalists (ASJS) and the Swiss Association of
Film Journalists (ASJC).
Founder and Artistic Director of the International Eastern Film
Festival, Geneva, he has made two movies: “Yidir” first part of
a trilogy about childhood, which has been selected in more than
15 festivals, and “Koceila” second part of the trilogy, followed
by “Dihya” which will close the trilogy.
* International Fiction Films Jury
at the 8th NDUIFF
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Agnes
Logina
Latvia
Program director at “Riga International Film Festival” Latvia.
Agnese Logina has been studying film and working with film
since the age of 13. So far, she has been a translator, festival
volunteer, film critic, theoretician, archivist, festival producer,
on-set assistant and curator. At the moment she is working
as a coordinator of special screenings of special short films
in Latvia.
Jihane
Kamal
Morocco
Jihane Kamal is an actress from Morocco, daughter of the Film
Director Kamal Kamal, started acting in films since the age
of 8; known for The Moroccan Symphony (2006) and
Sotto voce (2013)
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Charafa
Cherif
Haouat
Morocco
Charafa Cherif Haouat, is a Moroccan retired teacher of history
and geography with passion to cinema; she founded a Cine
Club in Rabat, active since 1970; Charafa visits all Moroccan
Film Festivals and Arab Film Festivals to promote cinema
culture and good young independent filmmakers, and to speak
about the Moroccan cinema.
Charafa is also an activist in human rights and women rights,
member of “SOS Femme Battus” and of “Organisation
Marocaine du Droit de l’Homme”
Asia
El Rayan
NETHerland
Dutch Writer and a Journalist, Born in Damascus Syria, Director
of the Arab Women’s Film Festival in the Hague, and Public
Relations and Communications Manager at the Arab House of
Arts in The Hague, the Netherlands from 2011 Beside being a
co-founder of both organizations.
She is the First Arabic Female Film Festival Director in Europe.
She has been appointed as a jury president for the Long Feature
Film Competition at the 12th edition of Arab Film Festival in
Rotterdam 2012, a jury member for the at the 4th edition of El
Dakhla Film Festival in Morocco 2013 and at the 3rd edition of
Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden 2013, a Women’s Film
Panorama Director “Film Competition & Conference” and as
a jury member at the 8th edition of Muscat International Film
Festival in Oman 2014, a Film Selection Committee Member at
the 12th edition of Al Ard Doc Film Festival on Italy 2014.
She has published numerous stories, articles and interviews in
newspapers and magazines. A member of the Short Story Club
in Cairo since 1982, and the Dutch El Hizjra literature Club
since 1998.
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Khashayar
Mahmoodabadi
IRAN
Director and writer, Born in Esfahan, Iran in 1978. Attended the
Esfahan Cinema School. Directed several short films, that were
awarded several national and international prizes in festivals
around the world.
“There behind the Window”, won best film in the Iranian
Youth Cinema Film Festival 2001 and was in competition at the
Cannes Film festival in 2001. Worked as an assistant director
with several famous Iranian directors, like Ramin Farooghi
and Ali Rafiei. In 2008, a move to the Phillipines where he
completed another degree at the IAFT and made more than
20 shorts & documentaries. Mahmoodabadi has worked on
TV series, video clips, theatre productions and taught cinema
as well. He wrote and directed his first feature documentary
film in 2010 about the famous Persian carpet maker Master
Haghighi.
William
Andreas
Wivel
Denmark
William Andreas Wivel is Head of Program at the Copenhagen
Short Film Festival. After a longer spell in Brazil, William, stud.
mag in Film Science, is now working in Denmark as a film
writer at the Danish Association of Cinematographers and
works at the biggest film festival for children in Denmark Buster Film Festival. In Brazil, William worked at the Danish
Cultural Institute in Rio de Janeiro with state projects like
Cinema Para Todos and made film programs for Centro Cultural
São Paulo and some other of the biggest cultural centers in the
country. He founded the short film festival Hemisfério in Rio
with Brazilian curators before graduating from film school in São
Paulo in 2014.
Jury Members
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Emile
Chahine
Head of
the Jury
Emile Chahine was born in Lebanon in 1942. He was involved
in cinema by correspondence studies, trainings, seminars
and festivals, after a Masters degree in Economics from the
University of Saint Joseph – USJ.
He wrote cinema reviews and analysis in addition to weekly
articles for several Lebanese and European magazines; he
created and presented television programs, he was the
cinematic advisor for LBC and Tele Liban networks for several
years. He founded many Cine Clubs around Lebanon; currently
he animates a weekly Cine Club at NDU. Chahine is a cinema
professor at NDU, ALBA and previously at LAU and INBA; he
teaches Comparative Cinema, Art of the Film and world Cinema
Survey. He is a co-founder of the NDU International Film
Festival and Head of the Jury in Cinema’yat short Film Festival,
in addition to his participation in several local and international
Film Festivals juries. Chahine is also a member of the Ministry
of Culture’s supporting scripts Jury
Nadine
Labaki
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut,
Lebanon. She is an actress and writer, known for Caramel
(2007), Where Do We Go Now? (2011) and Rio, I Love
You(2014).
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Georges
Khabbaz
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Georges Khabbaz is a television, theater and cinema actor in
addition to being a director and producer and music composer.
Georges has participated as the main actor in more than 25
television shows out of which he was the script writer and
director of three sitcoms which were ranked as the most
viewed. He won 4 Murex D’Or and Roter Dame Film Festival
Prize as Best Actor for his role in the film “Under the Bombs”
For the last 9 years, he has produced, directed and starred in
nine plays, each of which was attended by an audience of more
than 100,000 spectators.
He was the main actor in”Under the Bomb”, “Silina” and
he was the writer and lead actor of a new Lebanese movie
“Ghadi” released in 2013.
Nasri
Brax
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Nasri Brax has a diploma in high studies in theatre and a
Bachelor Degree in Law, both from Lebanese University,
he taught law and acted and directed many plays and wrote
several feature films and documentaries as “GBARA” a 4 Parts
feature Documentary film.
He is a member of the Cinema Committee in the
Lebanese Ministry of Culture.
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Camille
Salameh
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Actor,writer and director since 1972.
Actor: Leading roles in Theatre, Tv and Cinema such as:Sane3
ela7lam ,10abid zghar ,Ghadi ,Satble Unstable..and many more.
Writer and Director of several Plays such as Ammoura ,Torra
Nackcheh, Kif hattemsil ma3ak, etc. Writer of many tv series
sush as Beit Khelty ,Niyyel el Beit ,Ktebli Ossa, etc
Professor at the Fine Arts Institute –Lebanese University 19862005..
One of the pioneers in introducing theater activities in
Lebanese schools since 1973
Takla
Chamoun
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Takla Chamoun graduated from the Lebanese University with
a diploma of high studies in theater. Acted in more than 8
feature films including “Stray Bullet” by George Hachem, and
more than 10 theatrical plays including “Araneb wa Quiddisine”
by Shakib Khoury winning the best play in Cartage Festival, best
actress for “Ma Yoshbi Kossat Hobb” in Casablanca, and the
Murex D’or for outstanding TV and Film acting of the decade.
Takla also acted in dozens of TV series.
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Mohamad
Hijazi
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Art critic in many written platforms (Beirut, Kuwait, UAE)
a veteran broadcaster in Radio Liban since 1977. Cultural editor
in Al Mayadin Television, he attended training courses in Radio
and Television in the International Press Institute in Paris 1985.
He has been covering regional film festivals in Cairo, Damascus,
Cartage, Doha, Dubai and Algeria in addition to international
festivals like Cannes and Venice. A member in the Lebanese
Actors Syndicate.
Ghida
Majzoub
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Graduated from the Lebanese American University (L.A.U)
with a degree Communication Arts/ Radio-T.V- Film. Ghida has
been a main anchor in the daily morning show “Alam Sabah”,
conducting interviews with political, medical and social figures
in the Arab society. She has also been producing and presenting
a segment called “Cinema” about the new releases in the
movies and on DVD and covering all the major cinematic events
and festivals in the world. She interviewed the great tenor
Luciano Pavarotti, Hollywood star Cuba Gooding Jr., Mario
Kassar, Elie Samaha, producer Malek Moustapha El Akkad,
Hollywood stars Malcolm Mc Dowell, Tyler Mane, Danny
Treho , Director Youssef Chahine, Adel Imam, Youssra, Leila
Elwy, Loublouba, Ahmad Ezz, Mona Zaki, Hind Sabri, as well
as Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, Romeo Lahoud, as well
as many major Lebanese stars like Adel Karam and Nour, and
many others.
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Fadi
Helou
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Dental surgeon, implantology, esthetic dentistry, graduated
from USJ Beirut and Garanciere - Pitie Salpetriere Paris.
Founder of Murex D’or award festival since 2000. Founder of
Ourjouan Lions club since 1997. Member of many juries (Miss
USEK - Miss Universities - Lions events and many others ).
Attended many international festivals (Cannes - Damascus Film
Festival - Adonia - Cairo...). Attended many local and Lebanese
festivals (NDU International Film Festival - Beirut Film Festival Cine club ....)
RoseMarie
Chahine
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Doctor in philosophy, psychotherapist and professor of
philosophy and psychology at the Faculty of Letters and Human
Sciences at the Lebanese University from 1988 to date.
Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts of USJ 1980-1990.
In charge of a course on the Psychology of the actor at the
National Institute of Fine Arts (UL) from 1985 to 2005.
Editor in the journal “Psychological Culture” published by Dar al
Nahda from 1994-2012.
Vice-President of the Lebanese Association for Psychological
Culture.
Co-founder of the Association Famiglia for the reconciliation of
troubled couples.
Author of several studies and articles, a book on personality and
character with a study applied to literary characters.
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Mansour
Hojaili
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Mansour Hojaili holds a Higher Studies Certificate CES in
pediatric from Lyon, France.
His passion for cinema grew up with him as he was a child; he
has in his memory thousands of films, journals, and books on
cinema. Dr. Hojaili had many appearances on television where
he gave his critics on movies. He held many conferences
in medicine, pollution, children rights, adolescent rights and
education. Dr. Hojaili is a member founder and member of CA
of Sesobel, previous member of Higher National Committee of
Caritas. Member founder of “Em el Nour” . previous executive
member of the National Order of Medicine in Lebanon, previous
honorary president of “Friends of NDU”.
Georges
Chamchoum
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Emmy and Multiple Award-winning Film Director & Producer
born in Niger, West Africa of Lebanese origin. Entered film
industry in 1968 after graduating from Conservatoire du
Cinema Francais (Paris). Directed & Produced over 40 features
between Europe, Africa, Middle East & the USA. Jury Delegate
all through the 80’s for Le Festival du Film Fantastique et de
Science Fiction de Paris. Board Member of Francophone Film
Festival and Pan Pacific Film Festival (Los Angeles). From
2007-2013 was Executive & Program Director of The Monaco
Charity Film Festival. Founder of the International Film Festival
in Lagos (Nigeria). Currently International Director of the
Yakutsk International Film Festival (Yakutia, Sakha Republic)
& International Relations Executive for Notre Dame University
Student Short Film Festival (Lebanon).
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Christine
Choueiri
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Everyone has a path, the most important thing when you find it,
is to walk it with passion… Mine was to be an actress against
all odds…
From the first feature film “The Report” passing by “In the
Shadow of the City” until “Ghadi” the last one; my path was
filled with wonderful projects. Recently I collaborated with the
students in many short films; their stories go beyond what
we’ve been seeing on TVs lately. To mention some: “Regarde
moi”, “Tajalli”, “Hanine”, “Soura”, “27”, “Habibi”, “Christine”,
and “Life to Tape”, not to mention many TV series in Lebanon
and abroad, as “Bein Beirut and Dubai”, “Rasa’el Hob wa
Harb”, “Nizar Kabbani” and “Tawk”… And finally my leitmotiv
in life a citation by St Augustine “He who loses himself in his
passion is less lost than he who loses his passion” .
Hady
Zakkak
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Hady Zakkak holds a Diploma in Audiovisual Studies and a
Masters in Cinema Studies/Film Directing from IESAV Film
School (Saint-Joseph University/ Beirut). He took part in
workshops for film directing, editing and production at FEMIS
(Paris-1996), INSAS (Brussels-1999) and HFF Konrad Wolf
(Potsdam-2007).
Wrote and directed more than 20 documentaries, awarded
in several film festivals worldwide. Wrote a book in French
about the history of Lebanese cinema “Le Cinema Libanais:
Itinéraire d’un Cinéma Vers l’Inconnu”. He received multiple
awards from FIPRESCI, Dubai International Film Festival,
AlJazeera Documentary Channel Award, AlJazeera International
Documentary Festival, Arab Cinema-Nabeuland Monaco Charity
Film Festival, etc. Zaccak is a professor at IESAV Beirut. He
gives courses in film writing and directing, history of cinema
and film genres. He also gives workshops on documentary and
cinema culture in several Arab countries.
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Joseph
Houssni
Lebanese
Fiction
Films Jury
Joseph Houssni teaches film history, theory and aesthetics as
well as documentary film at USEK (University of Saint-Esprit of
Kaslik) since 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the San
Francisco State University –USA, a Maitrise in Art (Cinema
Studies) from the University of Paris 7-Denis Diderot, a Master
in Theatrical Studies and a PhD in Cinema from USEK-Lebanon.
Bahij
Hjeij
Lebanese &
International
Documentary
Films Jury
Bahij Hojeij studied Philosophy and Theater at the Lebanese
University, and Cinema in France (Ecole Nationale Supérieure
Louis Lumière- Université Paris 8 – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales).
Since 1990 Bahij is a Professor of cinema at the Institute of Fine
Arts (Lebanese University). He produced and directed several
independent documentaries “Beirut, Ruins Talk”, “The National
Museum, a Challenge to Forget”, “Kidnapped”… He also
produced and directed two feature films: “Zennar El Nar “(Ring
of Fire) and “Chatti Ya Dini” (Here comes the rain).
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Carmen
Labaki
Lebanese &
International
Documentary
Films Jury
Carmen Labaki is a movie director & Producer. She has a
Master in Communication Art studies from the Sorbonne
(Paris). She also got a Master in Journalism – French language.
She fluently masters French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and
English.
She started her career in the French and Brazilian televisions.
Carmen Labaki is the winner of the Best Documentary
Film Award 2005 at the “Arpa International Film Festival”
in Hollywood, for directing and producing “Armenians of
Lebanon”.
She also produced & directed social, cultural and artistic
documentaries & reports during her stay in Brazil (1997 -2000)
& then in Lebanon and other countries (Mexico, USA, Brazil,
China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Armenia, UAE…).
Her new release is “I Knocked on the Temple’s Door”
a documentary about Freemasonry in the world.
Khalil
Zaarour
Lebanese &
International
Documentary
Films Jury
Khalil Zaarour is an award-winning screenwriter/director/lecturer.
Zaarour pursued his MFA in Filmmaking ; the year 2006 marks
the birth of his career with his short film “The Window” that
won the best film award at the 13th European Film Festival.
Zaarour crafts films combining artfulness with audience appeal
through working spatially and temporally with his characters
without neglecting the emotional atmosphere. In 2011, his
film career moved to a new frontier with his award-winning
documentary “Malaki Scent of an Angel”. The film skillfully
portrays the humane side of the mothers whose sons were
abducted for more than 20 years.
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Jaime
Jacobsen
Lebanese &
International
Documentary
Films Jury
Jaime Jacobsen’s documentary work has taken her to areas
of Sub-Saharan Africa, where she produced and directed “The
Water Carriers” for Engineers Without Borders, which won a
Silver Telly Award. She also produced and directed “Homefront:
United or Divided”, MontanaPBS’ companion program to Ken
Burns’ “The War”, which was nominated for a Regional Emmy
Award. Her MFA thesis film “Montana Fare” won a Cine
Golden Eagle and a College Emmy. Her additional credits
include work for The Discovery Channel, Yellowstone National
Park, Mercury CSC, The Montana Office of Tourism, Terra,
Untamed Science, Pearson Education and award nominations
from the Mountain Film Festival and Montana Cine International
Film Festival. Jacobsen has also taught film, writing and
communication courses at Montana State University, and led
Documentary On-Assignment Teams to Australia and Tanzania
for National Geographic Student Expeditions.
Hoda
Maalouf
Lebanese &
International
Animation
Films Jury
Hoda Maalouf received the Diploma of Eng. in Electrical
Engineering from Ecole Superieure d’Ingenieurs de Beyrouth,
Lebanon, in 1987, the M.Sc. degree in Communications and
Signal Processing, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical
Engineering, in 1998, both from Imperial College, London, UK.
She worked as a research assistant at Imperial College between
1990 and 1995. She joined Notre Dame University in 1999 as
an assistant professor and chaired the Department of Computer
Science between Oct. 2001 and Mar. 2006 and from Oct 2010
till Present. In addition to her interest in scientific research, Dr.
Maalouf has always been interested in mixing art and science,
so she opened the undergraduate program in Computer
Graphics and Animation (CGA) in Fall 2002 and contributed
greatly to the success of this program.
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Amin
Dora
Lebanese &
International
Animation
Films Jury
A celebrated director and visual artist, Amin graduated with
honors from ALBA, where he currently teaches. Dora won an
International Digital Emmy Award for directing “Shankaboot”,
the world’s first Arabic web drama series. His career began
with the short stop-animation “Greyscale”, which received
many awards in National and International festivals such as the
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao.
He is also distinguished in the advertising industry by his
creative approach and his love of trying out new communication
styles. Dora directed the most successful viral video in the
Middle East, showcasing a flash mob TVC for Beirut Duty Free
in 2011. His quest for contemporary ways of directing has also
led him to start Beirutvisuals, along with a collective of visual
artists with whom he created live visual performances locally
and Internationally. “Ghadi” is Dora’s first feature film.
Jacqueline
Soghman
Lebanese &
International
Animation
Films Jury
Jacqueline Soghman has been teaching the multimedia
courses at Notre Dame University -Louaize (NDU) for the past
years. While pressing her MFA from Savannah College of Art
and Design, she has worked as a senior broadcast designer
in Washington DC and previously was head of the design
department in a web design firm. Her main interests
are 2D animation, motion graphics and web design.
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Najwa
Mallah
Lebanese &
International
Animation
Films Jury
Holds a B.A. in Visual Arts/Multimedia from Université Saint
Esprit- Kaslik (USEK), and is currently completing an M.A. in
Design at Notre Dame University -Louaize (NDU). Najwa has
worked as an interactive designer and graphics animator
in a leading web design firm in Lebanon, and gave several
Multimedia workshops with different institutions. She is
currently the Graphics and Multimedia Coordinator at the
Division of Audio Visual Arts at Notre Dame University -Louaize.
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NDUIFF’S
MANAGEMENT
Sam Lahoud
NDUIFF Founder, Director,
Lebanese Fiction Films Jury Member
Sam Lahoud is a scriptwriter, a director, a producer and a script
consultant. He has written, directed and produced theater plays, short
films, and PSA’s. Lately finished his first independent feature film as
a producer “Waynon” (Void). The Film was in Official Selection at the
Dubai International Film Festival 2013, Nominated for the Golden Arab
Muhr Award. And it was awarded the Best Feature Film at the Silk
Road Film Festival 2014 in Dublin, Special Jury Award in Alexandria
Film Festival in Egypt, Best Screenplay at Malmo Arab Film Festival.
Currently working on producing his second feature film project, a coproduction between Lebanon, Germany and Ireland.
He is currently the Director of Communication Strategy at Notre
Dame University – Louaize (NDU), where he served as chairperson
of the Department of Media Studies from 2012 till 2014 and founded
and headed of Division of Audio Visual Arts from 2006 until 2011.
He is the founder and director of the NDU International Film Festival,
a founding member of the Emile Chahine Foundation for Cinema
Culture, and of Film Festivals Cinergy; and serves as jury member in
various local and international film festivals.
He holds a MA in Media Studies - Electronic Journalism and Public
Relations from NDU, a MA in Scriptwriting from Université Saint
Joseph (IESAV) and a BA in Communication Arts, Radio, Television
and Film from NDU.
Mr. Lahoud has organized, participated and presented workshops and
seminars on film, directing, acting, scriptwriting and sacred drama.
Since 1996 he taught music, photography, and arts education. He
currently teaches courses in scriptwriting, directing actors, directing
techniques, and media laws and ethics.
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Nicolas Khabbaz is a film and theater producer, writer and director;
as of 2005 and till present, in television and theater; he has coproduced 11 theater plays, by the renowned Lebanese actor/
director Georges Khabbaz, and lately, produced and co-wrote his first
independent feature film “Waynon” (Void); The Film was in Official
Selection at the Dubai International Film Festival 2013, Nominated for
the Golden Arab Muhr Award. And it was awarded the Best Feature
Film at the Silk Road Film Festival 2014 in Dublin, Special Jury Award
in Alexandria Film Festival in Egypt, and Best Screenplay at Malmo
Arab Film Festival. Credited in the Feature film “Ghadi” as project
developer and currently working on producing his second feature film
project, a co-production between Lebanon, Germany and Ireland.
Dr. Khabbaz is currently the Director of the Division of Audio Visual
Arts at Notre Dame University – Louaize since 2011.
He is the Co-Founder and Program & Artistic Director of NDU
International Film Festival since 2007, and serves as jury member in
various local and international film festivals.
He also is the founding member of the Emile Chahine Foundation for
Cinema Culture, and of Film Festivals Cinergy.
Nicolas Khabbaz
NDUIFF Co-Founder, Program and Artistic Director,
Lebanese and International Fiction Films Jury Member
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NDUIFF’S
Team
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sam Lahoud, Founder, Director
Nicolas Khabbaz, Co-Founder, Program & Artistic director
Emile Chahine, Co-Founder, Head of Juries
Georges Chamchoum, International Relations Executive
Georges Khabbaz, Creative Consultant
Najwa Mallah, Creative Supervisor
Andre Fahed, Director of Design and Brand Guardian Office
Cherine Keyrouz, Festival Host
Samer El Achy, Video Production Coordinator
Naoum Abi Adam, Social Media Coordinator
Rania Saadeh Zeidan, Logistics Coordinator
Georges Tarabay, Program Coordinator
Manon Nammour, Project Coordinator
Jocelyne Issa, Sponsorship Coordinator
Tatiana Rouhana Bou Hadir, Press Attaché
Christine Dagher, Media Relations
Reine Semaan, Volunteers Coordinator
Sarah Hassoun, Guests Coordinator
Tarek Korkomaz, Festival’s Promo Director
Edwin Beaino, Radio Promo
Ralph Matar, Backstage Manager
Sahar Abou Khalil, Choreographer
Mazen El Hage, Special Effects
Natalie Nasr
Abdo Bejjani
Lynn Dagher
AUDIO VISUAL
TECHNICIAN
Charbel Francis
Milo Ghanem
LIGHTING DESIGN
Julien Kai
Robin Touma
DESIGN TEAM
Rachel Shoucair
Riwa Zouein
Volunteers
Amin Rhayyem
Andy El Khawly
Carlo Chedid
Charbel Dahdouh
Clara Atallah
Daniel Seif
Elias Nicolas
Elige Merza
Elissa Caracalla
Fabienne Daghfal
Gaelle Farah
Gilbert Mhanna
Hady Fahed
Hisham Charafeddine
Jane Zeinoun
John Richard Tabbah
Kassandra Abdo
Katya Shouccair
Luciana Boulos
Lynn Kakhia
Marie Therese Ghorayeb
Marriane Ghorayeb
Mohammed Salameh
Nadim Khairallah
Nathalie Moussa
Nicholas Toubia
Ornella Maalouf
Rafah Nakib
Rawad Sabbagh
Rawad Hachem
Samar El Hitti
Sami Nassour
Sara Dunya
Serge Majdalani
Siraj Sarieddine
Tina Obeid
Vivian Marquez
Dancers
Alexandra Bajin
Christy Khoury
Ghassan Bazzal
Gilbert Mhanna
Joyce Chamoun
Judy Jalkh
Khoder Nabouch
Marie-Joe Campbell
Murielle Hebbo
Natasha Hamod
Omar Dilati
Peter Geagea
Rita Bassil
Sandra Aad
Serge Majdalani
Vicky Baz
NDUIFF Board
Sam Lahoud
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