Hady Zaccak

Jury Member

Acclaimed and award-winning documentary filmmaker from Lebanon, Hady Zaccak studied film direction at the Institut d'Etudes Scéniques, Audiovisuelles et Cinématographiques, (IESAV) and earned his master’s degree in 2001. He has since authored more than 20 documentaries that have been broadcast on several TV stations in Lebanon, the Arab world and Europe, winning awards and acclaim at several film festivals worldwide. Some of them include 104 Wrinkles (2017), Kamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyr (2015), Mercedes (2011), Refugees for Life (2006). Zaccak’s documentaries deal with religion in Middle Eastern countries, like The Neo Missionaries, the Copts and the Shiites, while others such as Beirut... Points of View and Taxi Beirut showcase the changes Beirut has gone through in recent times. Besides being a very active director, Zaccak authored a book— Le Cinéma Libanais: itinéraire d’un cinéma vers l’inconnu and teaches film writing, directing, history of cinema at the IESAV.

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