FILM – Alia (Fiction, 2015)
Dir. Raghed Charabaty Dir. Raghed Charabaty SYNOPSIS Haunted by the memory of civil war, an old Lebanese man revisits the last few moments of a fateful bus ride that leads up to the murder of his beloved. ‘Alia’ is a…
Dir. Raghed Charabaty
Dir. Raghed Charabaty
SYNOPSIS
Haunted by the memory of civil war, an old Lebanese man revisits the last few moments of a fateful bus ride that leads up to the murder of his beloved.
‘Alia’ is a film that tries to remember Lebanon before the 1975 Civil War that was sparked by a massacre on board of a bus in Ain El Remmaneh, Beirut.
Awards & Accolades
+ Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Winner: Best Short Film, Prix des recontres pan-Canadiennes du cinéma étudiant, Montreal (2015)
+ TIFF: Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, Runner-Up: Best Canadian Student Film (2016)
+ Starfish Student Art Award, 2015
+ Permanent Art Collection, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery (2016)
+ Permanent Art Collection, NSCAD University (2015)
Cast
Armita Kordouni – Alia
Mahtab Roohafza – Rose
Naji Charabaty – Narrator
Festival Screenings
+ HIFF: Launch & Shorts Screening- HALIFAX, Canada – 15 May, 2018
+ A Night in Motion, Mise En Abyme- BEIRUT, Lebanon – 29 March, 2018
+ Short Waves Festival- POZNAN, Poland – 22 March, 2017
+ Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival – KATHMANDU, Nepal – 17-20 March, 2017
+ Lebanon International Short Film Festival – NABATIYEH, Lebanon – December 3-7, 2016
+ ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster|Berlin – MUNSTER, Germany – October 2016
+ Parkdale Film & Video Showcase – TORONTO, Canada – September 2016
+ TIFF: Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival – TORONTO, Canada – January 8-17, 2016
+ TIFF #SeeTheNorth Festival Circuit – Montreal/ Vancouver/ Calgary/ Winnipeg/ Halifax, Canada – January 10-May 10, 2016
+ Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (WINNER Best Student Short) – MONTREAL, Canada – October 15-17. 2015
+ Beirut International Film Festival – BEIRUT, Lebanon – October 8-16, 2015
+ Atlantic Film Festival – HALIFAX, Canada – September 17-24, 2015
+ interFILM Berlin Festival – BERLIN, Germany – November 15-21, 2015
+ Concordia Film Festival – MONTREAL, Canada – May 7, 2016
+ Victoria Film Festival – VICTORIA, Canada – February 5-14, 2016
+ Arab Film Festival – LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANSISCO, SAN DIEGO, USA – November 20-22, 2015
+ Qabila Film Festival – CAIRO, Egypt – October 8-10, 2015
+ Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ Festival – HALIFAX, Canada – June 10-13, 2015
+ Mayworks Festival – HALIFAX, Canada – May 10, 2016
Exhibitions + Galleries
+ “Disoriented”: Works From the Permanent Collection, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery – HALIFAX, Canada – June 11 – July 31, 2016
+ Creative Nova Scotia Arts Awards Gala – HALIFAX, Canada – November 7, 2015
+ Starfish Art Awards Gala – HALIFAX, Canada – May 20th, 2015