Beirut, Lebanon
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www.hajjarsisters.com Elsy Hajjar is a Beirut-based Director of Photography shooting in the commercial and narrative space. Her first short film “I Call it Love" (2013) won her several cinematography awards and prizes. “The Rifle, The jackal, The Wolf and The Boy” a short film shot by Elsy Hajjar, was shortlisted for the Live-action shorts section at the Oscars (2016) "Aziza" a film shot by Elsy and directed by Syrian filmmaker Saudade Kaadan won Best Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival (2019) Hajjar is working as a Beirut-based freelance cinematographer, and often travels to various destinations for work. Cinematography and filmmaking are an intense passion that drives every day of her life. She is highly interested in social issues, human rights, minority rights, and gender studies.
This video was done to showcase a project that supports the lives of people who work with agriculture. The project was funded by the UNDP and the LRI (Lebanese Reforestation Initiative. I did the video and sound work for this short film.
Produced for Oxfam International
Interactive web-doc | 22 minutes | Canada, Lebanon Produced and directed by Anna Fahr in collaboration with Stitch Media. Manal is a single mother of four from Damascus who has lived in Lebanon for eight years. To make ends meet, she operates a hair salon out of her cramped one-bedroom apartment in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut's Armenian quarter.
Interactive web-doc | 25 minutes | Canada, Lebanon Produced and directed by Anna Fahr in collaboration with Stitch Media Migrant Mothers of Syria is the first instalments of an interactive documentary web series that focuses on experiences of exile and migration through a female lens.
The menstrual cycle is normal, and we must stop dealing with it as a "taboo" with our daughters, and we will talk to them and their quality so that they can care and protect their condition. Directed by Inaam Attar Video by ABAAD NGO United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
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