Berlin, Germany
$600 - $1000 / Day
I tell stories that make a difference. I am a creative storyteller, filmmaker and video editor. I am very passionate about creating short non-fiction films spotlighting people, art/craft, culture and humanitarian issues that emphasise authentic storytelling. My work includes short documentaries, NGO films and promotional creative content.
A short film focusing on two of SEAL's (Social & Economic Action for Lebanon) recent projects aiming to bring women in Lebanon into the workforce. A Lebanon where people are empowered to create economic opportunity.
Mona El Dorr is from a village in the south of Lebanon called Majdelzoum. She is known as Oum Ali. For over a decade, she has put her heart, strength and soul into keeping the culinary traditions of her village alive.
Walid and Maysoon Nasserdin opened the first Lebanese vegan restaurant in Lebanon serving healthy vegan and bio food in an authentic green atmosphere. Coara sits on a hillside in the heart of the Chouf mountains, in a village called Kfar Katra, overlooking the land which they nurture to grow their precious ingredients.
For more than 150 years one family has looked after the Manara lighthouse in Beirut. They have struggled to keep it running against shipwrecks, the Lebanese Civil War, and most recently the upscale developments that are built all around the area. This is one family’s struggle to keep an important part of Beirut’s history alive.
Mohammad Ali Nehme's -better known as Abu Kassem- life revolves around za'atar, Lebanon's wild thyme plant. During the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon, he needed to change the way thyme was grown out of fear he would be shot or shelled trying to get to his plants in the wild. The changes that he implemented have seen huge changes in the way that thyme is grown in Lebanon. This is his story.
In Bourj Hammoud, these artisans work for long hours to produce backgammon boards. As the world passes around them, they focus passionately on the wood and other materials that they work with to produce their craft. They worry that their art form will die out as Beirut transforms around them.
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