Faraya
Spring Grants 2019 - Development Stage
Nadim Tabet, Mounia Akl / TV Series / Lebanon, Qatar / 52 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama, Thriller, Social Issues, Fantasy, Psychological
Synopsis
Located in the mountains of northern Lebanon, Faraya is a posh ski resort that was built in the sixties above a modest village. On the eve of the opening of ski season, an inexperienced municipal police officer investigates the death of a domestic worker that is apparently linked to a wave of racist hate crimes. His errors in judgement and clumsiness soon trigger an avalanche of violent events and shocking revelations about the inhabitants of the resort—a microcosm of Lebanese society.
Credits
- Director
- Nadim Tabet
- Screenwriter
- Nadim Tabet
- Producer
- Wadih Safieddine
- Production Company
- Deja Vu
About the Director
Nadim Tabet was born in Beirut and interested in cinema since his early teens, first by watching a lot of films and then by shooting short fictions on video. In 1999, he travelled to France to study History, Philosophy and Cinema. Parallel to his studies, he directed several short films and cinematographic essays. In 2001, Nadim Tabet was a founding member of the Lebanese Film Festival. He went on to be responsible for the selection and programming in several festivals. In 2017, he released his first feature film ‘One of These Days’, and is currently preparing his second, ‘Under Construction’.
Mounia Akl is a Lebanese director and writer. She holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia University. Her short film, 'Submarine' (2016), was in the official selection of the 69th Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), South by Southwest, TIFF and DIFF where it won the Muhr Jury Prize. In 2017, Mounia took part in the Lebanon Factory and co-directed the short film 'El Gran Libano' which opened the Directors’ Fortnight at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Mounia recently completed the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinéfondation Residency in Paris with her first feature, 'Costa Brava Lebanon'.