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Leila Basma
Profession:
DirectorWriter
Country:
Lebanon
Leila is a Lebanese filmmaker and photographer currently based between Beirut and Prague. She holds a BA in Audiovisual Arts from IESAV in Beirut, and an MFA in Film Directing at FAMU. Through her work, she explores the themes of society, youth, womanhood, and identity. Her second-year FAMU short documentary The Adam Basma Project was short-listed for the 48th annual Student Academy Awards (the Student Oscars) after touring various international documentary film festivals. Her graduation film Sea Salt was selected to premiere at the 80th La Biennale Venice International Film Festival in the official Orizzonti Short Film Competition. Leila is currently developing also her feature documentary Dance with me, winner of the Robert Bosch Stiftung development award.
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Running with Beasts
Amid the Lebanese economic crisis, a group of five high schoolers meet one last time after their graduation day to finalize their secret plan which guarantees affording their approaching dreams. ...
Running with Beasts
Amid the Lebanese economic crisis, a group of five high schoolers meet one last time after their graduation day to finalize their secret plan which guarantees affording their approaching dreams. ...