Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition Jury
Tamer Mohsen directed a number of short films including “To Sleep Peacefully till 7” and the feature film Ott W Far.
In (2021), her feature film screenplay Basma received a fund from the Red Sea International Film Festival. The festival also supported her short film Until We See Light as part of the collective omnibus, Becoming (2020). AlBanawi recently finished shooting two new feature films as an actress, and plans to enter the shooting of her first feature as a director soon. With years of stage work prior to cinema, AlBanawi was selected as a member in Saudi Arabia’s first professional association for theater and performing arts.
He is the author of more than 20 socio-political documentaries about Lebanon and the Arab world.
His selective filmography includes: “Ya Omri” (“104 wrinkles”) (2017) (Jury Award Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden, 2017), “Kamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyr” (2015) (Francophone Trophy for the best documentary 2016), “Marcedes” (2011) (FIPRESCI Award (the International Federation of Film Critics)-Dubai International Film Festival 2011), “A History Lesson” (2009) (1st prize Arab Film Festival-Rotterdam 2010), “The War of Peace” (2007), “Refugees for Life” (2006) …
In addition to his films, Zaccak is the author of two books on cinema: “The Last Screening, a biography of Cilama Tripoli” (2021) and “Lebanese Cinema, an itinerary of a cinema heading for the unknown (1929-1996)” (1997).
Zaccak seeks through his work to document the traces of the past in the present and to preserve memory.