FILM EDITOR
DEAD DOG
Walid and Aida, husband and wife, are reunited after Walid’s many years spent living abroad. Answers to long-hidden secrets are sought in this careful unravelling of an estranged marriage.
Official Selection - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025, World Premiere
Feature Film. Directed by Sarah Francis.
IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT
A cinematic and powerful film that captures the stark reality of life in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila neighbourhoods. Through extraordinary access, the filmmakers open a window into a largely unseen world to unfold a collection of utterly compelling human narratives filled with resilience and hope. In quiet, intimate moments, the vulnerability of people living in the shadows of this once-great city fills the screen.
Oscar Shortlist for Best International Feature Film & Best Documentary, 2024
Additional Editing.
Feature Documentary. Directed by Stephen Gerard Kelly & Garry Keane.
FRAME OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Through film, installation, writing and public engagement, Frame of Accountability investigates ‘risk’ as a lived condition, produced through the co-evolution of capitalist systems and violent conflict. The project focuses on the effects across Lebanon and Syria, with a view to understanding the wider regional and global consequences.
Edit Consulting
Directed by Helene
HYPHEN
When Nicole reveals to her childhood friend and cousin, Reine, that she’s been addicted to heroin since she was 13, they decide to document Nicole’s rehab journey. Hyphen follows the ups and downs of their relationship spanning 10 years, amidst a poisonous cultural upbringing that teaches young women to suppress their ideas and sexuality and to follow a set of religious and cultural rules.
Winner of Best Feature (Non-Fiction) Malmo Arab Film Festival 2023
Feature Documentary. Directed by Reine Razzouk.
ROUTE 10
When their flight from Riyadh is canceled, a brother and sister go on a risky road trip through the desert to attend their father's wedding in Abu Dhabi.
Feature Film. Directed by Omar Naim.
Netflix; Netflix Top 10 in Lebanon, Top 5 in UAE & Saudi Arabia, 2022
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
As Above So Below (original title: Kama fissamaa' kathalika ala al-ard) is a quiet, understated essay that weaves together images, texts and sounds into a dense mesh of signs, weaving together facts and myths surrounding the moon.
Feature Documentary. Directed by Sarah Francis.
Berlinale FORUM 2020 World Premiere
THE BUS: NEXT STOP DAMASCUS
How are the Lebanese dealing with Syrian refugees? This film for BBC Arabic explores the mistruths told about Syrian refugees in Lebanon, propagated by politicians, and played out in the media, and follows 3 characters who have chosen different paths in how they deal with Syrian refugees living among them.
Short Documentary.
BBC Arabic
MADINATAAN
A tale that interweaves the story of two ‘cities’: Beirut, a city collapsing under the weight of corruption, uncollected trash and a legacy of civil war, and the Al Madina (City) Theatre, Beirut’s oldest surviving theatre, struggling to survive amidst the collapse. Told through the eyes of a family of endearing, powerful and moving characters, who still have a hope for their theatre - and their city.
Feature Documentary. Directed by Omar Naim.
Acquired by BBC Arabic
THE LAST DAYS OF THE MAN OF TOMORROW
A young filmmaker investigates the legend of 'Manivelle', an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut. After being coaxed back into the limelight, the people who knew him come forward to speak out and the myth that 'Manivelle' has constructed around himself starts to unravel.
Winner of multiple awards including Best International Film at the Scifi Film Festival in Sydney, and Best Short Film at the BBC Arabic Film Festival, Best International Short Film at the Scario Short Film Fest, and Best Short Film at BIFAN in Korea.
Short docu-fiction. Directed by Fadi Baki (the fdz)
BIRDS OF SEPTEMBER
A filmmaker's journey in her own city in a glassed van. As she is observing Beirut from behind the glass of her moving bubble (almost like a voyeur), she is constantly looking for something, for someone.
In Competition CPH:DOX 2013 Best Film, International Competition at DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2014, First Work Award at Festival Mediterraneen de Tetouan 2014
Feature Documentary. Directed by Sarah Francis
HOME
In the midst of the Syrian turmoil, the joint passion for arts and theater leads Rafat, the director of this film to encounter in a trip to North Syria a group of young hopeful friends who are using their new fragile freedom to create a creative space they call “Home”.
Grand Prix du documentaire Tetouan International Mediterranean Film 2016, PRIX MARSEILLE ESPÉRANCE FID Marseille
Feature Documentary. Directed by Raafat Zakout
THE TREK: A NEW LIFE IN GERMANY
Leaving war-torn Syria, one family crosses Europe to embark on another challenging trek: starting a new life in Germany.
Short Documentary. Directed by Adam Pletts
THE REVOLUTION IS BEING TELEVISED
The story of six Syrian activists who risk their lives to capture the horrific daily realities of the conflict.
Nominated for a Rory Peck Award.
Short Documentary.Directed by Adam Pletts