MANARA

Short Film directed by Zayn Alexander

| World Premiere |

76th Venice International Film Festival – Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days), 2019

Manara (2019) | Official Trailer

Lebanon | 2019 | 15’ | Zayn Alexander

Tragedy strikes when the Zayyad family loses its patriarch under mysterious circumstances, leaving the surviving members to fend for themselves within a judgmental community in Southern Lebanon.

Awards:

-Laguna Sud Award for Best Short Film – 5th edition of Laguna Sud, Il Cinema fuori dal Palazzo (Laguna Sud, The Cinema Outside the Palace)

-Silver Hypatia Award for Best Narrative Short Film – 6th Alexandria Short Film Festival

-2019 Carthage Film Festival – Tanit d’Or nominee

-“The Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking”- 2020 ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival

– Best Foreign Film Lonely Wolf – London International Film Festival 2020

Distribution and International Sales: Premiere Film

CAST

Alia: Hala Basma Safieddine
Rami: Zayn Alexander
Noura: Pascale Seigneurie

CREW

Director: Zayn Alexander
Writer: Pascale Seigneurie
Cinematographer: Aron Meinhardt
1st AD: Dahlia Nemlich
Make-up & Hair Artist: Marita Akl
Art Direction: Marita Akl and Laura Menassa
Sound Design & Sound Mixing: Haitham Atme
Colorist: Belal Hibri (Lucid Post)
Editor: Stephanie Nassar
Script Supervisor: Valentin Domont 
Digital Imaging Technician (DIT): Valentin Domont 
Equipment: Media Square
Online Editor: Salah Anwar
Composer: Simon Taufique
Trailer Music: Alain Donio