Katia Jarjoura

A Lebanese-French filmmaker, Katia Jarjoura directed several documentaries in the Middle-East (The Road to Kerbala, Goodbye Mubarak, Lebanon sitting on a volcano) ) for the French-German channel ARTE. She also made two short fiction : In their Blood (France 2 award at Brest film festival, 2009) and Only Silence (broadcast on France 3, 2018). Based in Paris, Katia is actually developing a creative documentary and a feature film about Beirut. She also works as a script consultant and a teacher in various institutions (the French Cinémathèque, Le Grec, Le Socle).

Works showcased at MENA:

Escape
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Escape is a poetic and intimate journey on the path of exile, through the story of five Syrian women artists scattered in different countries.