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THE SEA AHEAD

( 2021 )
Feature Narrative Competition |
 
Lebanon
,
France
 |
 Arabic |
 117 min

Director

Ely Dagher

Ely Dagher is an artist and filmmaker working with different mediums and producing work that intertwines on different levels. Drawing from his upbringing in Lebanon and his current circumstances, Dagher’s work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction.  His artworks function as an extension to his interrogations, joggling between different points of identification and visual structures, from surrealism, science fiction to the occult. Dagher’s short film, Waves‘98 (2015), was awarded the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Many of his films have been recognized at numerous international film festivals. 

Producer

 Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Production Company

Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Screenplay

 ‌‌Ely Dagher

Cinematography

Shadi Chaaban

Editing

Léa Masson, Ely Dagher

Sound

Rawad Hobeika, Rana Eid, Philippe Charbonnel

Cast

 Manal Issa, Roger Azar, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher, Fadi Abi Samra

Contacts

Producer

 Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Production Company

Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Screenplay

 ‌‌Ely Dagher

Cinematography

Shadi Chaaban

Editing

Léa Masson, Ely Dagher

Sound

Rawad Hobeika, Rana Eid, Philippe Charbonnel

Cast

 Manal Issa, Roger Azar, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher, Fadi Abi Samra

Contacts

More About Film

A young woman makes her way back home to her parents’ house in the middle of the night leaving a bad experience behind. Haunting pressures to fit back into the family dynamics as well as revealing details of her life abroad weigh heavy on her. Feeling cornered, her anxieties resurface, leading her to find solace in another part of her Beirut life that she had forsaken. A life that is for her as familiar and foreign now as it ever was. 

Producer

 Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Production Company

Myriam Sassine, Arnaud Dommerc, Georges Schoucair, Benoît Roland

Screenplay

 ‌‌Ely Dagher

Cinematography

Shadi Chaaban

Editing

Léa Masson, Ely Dagher

Sound

Rawad Hobeika, Rana Eid, Philippe Charbonnel

Cast

 Manal Issa, Roger Azar, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher, Fadi Abi Samra

More About Film

A young woman makes her way back home to her parents’ house in the middle of the night leaving a bad experience behind. Haunting pressures to fit back into the family dynamics as well as revealing details of her life abroad weigh heavy on her. Feeling cornered, her anxieties resurface, leading her to find solace in another part of her Beirut life that she had forsaken. A life that is for her as familiar and foreign now as it ever was.