Nadine Asmar
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Nadine Asmar (born November 29, 1994) is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter with a bachelor's degree in cinema and TV from the Lebanese University and a master's degree in cinema and audiovisual from Paris 1 University Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her senior short film The Blind of the Cathedral (2015) won 8 international awards and got over 40 nominations. She wrote and directed her second short film Perhaps Today... produced in 2017 [1] and winner of two Jury Prizes for Best Short Film in France in 2018. Nadine is also a photographer, producer, editor and movie blogger.
Biography[edit]
Nadine Asmar was born in 1994. She got her bachelor's degree in cinema and TV (Audiovisual) from the Lebanese University - Fine Arts Institute II and her master's degree in cinema and audiovisual from Paris 1 University Panthéon-Sorbonne. L'aveugle de la Cathédrale (The Blind of the Cathedral) is her graduation short film, a first-time adaptation of a novel by Farjallah Haïk (the rights were obtained from Haïk's family) [2]. The film won 8 international awards including Best Short Fiction Film, Best Directing, Best Actor and Best Actress, and was nominated for over 40 awards and selected in over 50 international film festivals. She has been congratulated on several academic short films, including Yingtai (2014), a Chinese short film inspired from a traditional legend and the co-directed film Dans mon cocon (2014) which was screened as a special jury mention during the Première Journée Cinématographique des étudiants de l'INBA II à l'Université Libanaise (2015) and featured in "You Can Now Let Go" music video of the Brooklyn-based artist We Are Temporary [3] [4]. Perhaps Today... (Peut-être aujourd'hui...) is her second short film, produced in 2017 and winner of 2 Jury Prizes for Best Short Film in France in 2018. Nadine is also a photographer, producer, editor and movie blogger.
While preparing her BA, Nadine worked in TV production for 2 years. After her graduation, she started directing commercials and various projects. One year later, she got her first position in a feature film production, which was the script continuity in Ziad Doueiri's The Insult which became Lebanon's first Academy Award nominated film for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. Then she worked for almost 2 months in Nadine Labaki's third feature film Capernaum, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, as a member of the casting team.
Filmography[edit]
Director and screenwriter:
- Perhaps Today... / Barke Lyom... (short film 2017)
- The Blind of the Cathedral / L'aveugle de la Cathédrale (senior short film 2015)
- Yingtai (academic short film 2014)
- Dans Mon Cocon (academic short film 2014)
Producer / executive producer:
- Perhaps Today... / Barke Lyom... (short film 2017)
- Last Vision (senior short film 2016), directed by Hiba Harmouche
- The Blind of the Cathedral / L'aveugle de la Cathédrale (senior short film 2015)
- Salwa (senior short film 2015), directed by Omar Sfeir
Script supervisor / script continuity:
- Only Silence / Seul, le Silence (short film 2017), directed by Katia Jarjoura
- The Insult / L'Insulte (feature film 2017), directed by Ziad Doueiri
Casting:
- Capernaum / Capharnaüm (feature film 2018), directed by Nadine Labaki
Awards[edit]
The Blind of the Cathedral (2015):
- Best Short Narrative Film of the Mediterranean Short Film Competition at the 32nd Alexandria International Film Festival 2016 in Egypt. [5]
- Best Directing Award at the 15th Uhvati Film Festival - Seize the Film 2017 in Serbia.
- Jury Prize of the Arab Women Filmmakers Competition at the 8th Baghdad International Film Festival 2016 in Iraq.
- Excellent Long Short Award (2nd prize) at The New Classic Cinema Film Festival 2016 in Seattle, USA.
- Jury Mention Award (Up To 30 Minute category) at the 13th We Care Film Festival 2016 in India.
- Special Jury Prize at the 2nd Oraunion Film Festival 2018 in Lebanon. [6]
Perhaps Today... (2017):
- Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the 16th Festival du Film Court 2018 in France, awarded by the jury president Patrice Leconte.
- Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Festival Cin'et Campus 2018 in France.
Press Publications[edit]
- Anteprima Cannes: “Perhaps Today”, il corto sul dramma degli scomparsi nella guerra in Libano (Article in Ciak Magazine)
- Nadine Asmar, une belle promesse pour le cinéma libanais (Article in L'Orient-Le Jour)
References[edit]
- ↑ Ciak Magazine: Anteprima Cannes: “Perhaps Today”, il corto sul dramma degli scomparsi nella guerra in Libano
http://www.ciakmagazine.it/anteprima-cannes-perhaps-today-corto-sul-dramma-degli-scomparsi-nella-guerra-libano/ - ↑ L'Orient-Le Jour: Nadine Asmar, une belle promesse pour le cinéma libanais
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/955967/nadine-asmar-une-belle-promesse-pour-le-cinema-libanais.html - ↑ Under the Radar: Video: We Are Temporary - You Can Now Let Go
http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/10537/Video-We-Are-Temporary---You-Can-Now-Let-Go.utr - ↑ Impose Magazine: Week in Pop: Jay Som, Love The Unicorn, Sven at Work
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/week-in-pop-sarah-p-we-are-temporary-lil-freckles-agent-bla-love-the-unicorn-sven-at-work-jay-som - ↑ Al Masry Al Youm: The Blind of the Cathedral is the Best Short Film in Alexandria Film Festival
https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1015046 - ↑ NNA Lebanon: Closing of the Second Edition of the Oraunion Film Festival with the Awards Ceremony
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/330914/
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