A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Beirut, Lebanon
Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a filmmaker and journalist. He worked as assistant director on the music videos of Noir Désir, Sinead O’Connor and Ingrid Caven. He has made six short films including Hizz Ya Wizz, Un héros ne meurt jamais and Après. His first feature film, Fallen from the Sky, was selected at ACID – Cannes. Dirty Difficult Dangerous, his second feature film, won the Europa Cinemas Award at the Festival of Venice in 2022. In 2023, his new short film, If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds, was presented as part of the official selection in Venice, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024.
Director:
2012 It's All in Lebanon
2016 Après
2016 Heaven Sent
2016 Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2018 Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
2020 Pas de panique
2023 Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
2023 If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
2024 Disorder
Director of Photography:
2012 It's All in Lebanon
2016 Après
2016 Heaven Sent
2016 Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2018 Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
2020 Pas de panique
2023 Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
2023 If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
2024 Disorder
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Editor:
2012 It's All in Lebanon
2016 Après
2016 Heaven Sent
2016 Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2018 Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
2020 Pas de panique
2023 Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
2023 If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
2024 Disorder
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Screenplay:
2012 It's All in Lebanon
2016 Après
2016 Heaven Sent
2016 Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2018 Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
2020 Pas de panique
2023 Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
2023 If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
2024 Disorder
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Writer:
2012 It's All in Lebanon
2016 Après
2016 Heaven Sent
2016 Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2018 Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
2020 Pas de panique
2023 Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
2023 If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
2024 Disorder
???? Vous (les adolescents)
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