Omé
Spring Grants 2016 - Production Stage
Wassim Geagea / Short Narrative / Lebanon, Qatar / 17 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama, Social Issues
Synopsis
Following the death of his mother, 9-year-old Elias goes to extreme lengths to naively bring her back from Jesus’ heaven all while defying his faith…
About the Director
Wassim Geagea is a young Lebanese filmmaker, who studied cinema at the Lebanese University Faculty of Fine Arts and then continued his master’s degree in cinema at St Joseph University in Beirut. He undergoes training sessions on scriptwriting between the French Institute in Beirut, and Moulin d’Ande in Normandy, France. His first short film ‘My Grandfather’s Photo’ showed in several film festivals and won the first prize in European films festival - Lebanon in 2012. Geagea worked and directed various documentaries and TV ads in several countries like Lebanon, Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, and Jordan. ‘Omé’ is his second short film that talks about his personal experience with death, and Geagea is currently working on his first feature film ‘BARKA’.