Liana Kassir
Directing
Biography
After having achieved her cinema studies, earning graduate degrees from the directing department at the ESRA film school (Paris, 2010), Liana Kassir chooses to engage in independent production and direction.
Known For
On a full moon night, the young Najwa and the musician Mansour reach Beirut. They follow the trail of smugglers to join a woman on the other side of the sea. A few streets away, Selim, the old lighthouse keeper, tries to repair the electricity of his neighborhood.
The Sea and Its Waves
France, 2019, in the middle of a village: "Le Palais Oriental." In this shisha bar, the Lebanese waitress welcomes her customers who have come to listen to the 8 p.m. news. It's a special moment where everyone can, for a brief moment, see and hear news from their country. That evening, Lebanon is on fire.
Le Palais Oriental
Two tired combatants wait for night to fall, by the Dog River.