JURY MEMBERS . SECOND EDITION
NADINE MOKDESSI
NADINE MOKDESSI
NADINE MOKDESSI
Nadine is a theatre professor at Alba, a director producer and an author. She founded her theatre company in 1998 then produced and directed 24 plays. She has also wrote short stories that were published in several collective works.
Nadine is an inspiration to many of her students in the audiovisual field.
NOIR BARAKAT
NADINE MOKDESSI
NADINE MOKDESSI
This happening by accident, being born in Beirut, has inspired him to express his pursue for beauty through the city’s imperfection in different forms of visual arts.
As a director and photographer, he doesn’t only show his point of view in his image, but also unintentionally helps the viewer understand better the mystery of this world a
This happening by accident, being born in Beirut, has inspired him to express his pursue for beauty through the city’s imperfection in different forms of visual arts.
As a director and photographer, he doesn’t only show his point of view in his image, but also unintentionally helps the viewer understand better the mystery of this world and discover something new about them.
He undoubtedly believes that the screen and the photograph can be used as a transformative tool to highlight on any social, political and humanistic case, therefore he is always up for any challenge that has to do with all aspects of this field.
Noir Graduated from The Holy Spirit University Kaslik 1999. His Film “ The Man Who Once Carried Me To Bed”, about the complexity of a relationship between father and son, was selected in several film festivals and had positive reviews.
Most recent works are two photo exhibitions “When I Looked At You”, “It’s Not All Hearts And Flowers”
In addition a short documentary “Eme-Li” which one best lebanese documentary as well as the short film “شو بيبقى / Shadows In A Frame” which also won Special Mention Award for Best Asian Narrative at GUFA Hong-Kong.
LAMA SAWMA
NADINE MOKDESSI
ALLEN BEHLOK
Immersed in the outdoors, Lama Sawma started her path into nature at 16 and grew up to be an overall outdoors adventurer: trekking, running, mountain climbing, and surfing, are what keep her hyped about life.
In 2016, she co-created an adventure team called Moon Monkey, which organizes not only hikes and outdoors sports festivals in Leba
Immersed in the outdoors, Lama Sawma started her path into nature at 16 and grew up to be an overall outdoors adventurer: trekking, running, mountain climbing, and surfing, are what keep her hyped about life.
In 2016, she co-created an adventure team called Moon Monkey, which organizes not only hikes and outdoors sports festivals in Lebanon, but also expeditions and treks in the Himalayas, guiding more than 60 people to Everest Basecamp, Annapurna basecamp, and other places in the Himalayan Mountain range. Since then, Moon Monkey has always been on a hunt for the next adventure around the globe.
All these expeditions and observations harvested from her experience in nature urged her to act towards protecting nature through many local and international environmental projects.
Though amateur to the film world, she spent her academic years studying architecture around filmmakers, taking part and helping them with their short movies, expanding her imagination to more than space and time. She also got involved in several Lebanese movies during the past few years.
ALLEN BEHLOK
NADINE MOKDESSI
ALLEN BEHLOK
Allen is a 23-year-old multi-sports athlete.
After discovering the art of flying, he persuaded the sport by becoming a pioneer in speedflying and speedriding in Lebanon. Till today, he is an influence to a big part of the world-wide flying community, and aspires others to explore it by celebrating the beauty of the country.
He also parti
Allen is a 23-year-old multi-sports athlete.
After discovering the art of flying, he persuaded the sport by becoming a pioneer in speedflying and speedriding in Lebanon. Till today, he is an influence to a big part of the world-wide flying community, and aspires others to explore it by celebrating the beauty of the country.
He also participated in several Alpine skiing world championships, and achieved his goal of competing in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games.
Allen is as well part of the RetroGroove soundsystem and will be playing some of his grooviest tunes on Saturday the 15th after the screening!
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