Julien Kobersy
Directing
Biography
Julien Kobersy is a Lebanese filmmaker, editor and screenwriter. He obtained his master's degree in filmmaking from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts-Balamand University in 2014. Julien Kobersy wrote , directed and edited several short films and documentaries which were recognized at local and international festivals. Winner of best short film at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival and best screenplay at Casablanca Arab Film Festival. Currently, he's co-writing the series "Men Home La Hon" and developing a mini series "Afif". He is also a lecturer at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA).
Known For
In a community of a Muslim majority, the first woman pastor in the Middle East leads a parish in one of the poorest city of the Mediterranean, in the heart of Tripoli, North Lebanon.
The Woman Pastor
A night shoot. The Crew is exhausted. The Producer is enraged. The Director is lost. The Star is killed. The Gun is real. Everyone is a suspect.
Take 18
Afif is fired from his job and his home at the movie theater. He looks for a place to sleep but little does he know that he will walk the steps of glory.
Afif
Told through a single window-frame in Lebanon, the history of two generations unfold. Family dynamics take place, in a means all too familiar to make one wonder: will they repeat their own history?