ABOUT
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Nadine is a Lebanese filmmaker. She holds a BA in Cinema and TV from the Lebanese University - Fine Arts Institute II and an MA in Cinema and Audiovisual from Paris 1 University Panthéon-Sorbonne. She’s currently pursuing her PhD thesis in Film Studies at the University of Western Brittany in France.
She wrote and directed two award-winning short films, The Blind of the Cathedral (2015) and Perhaps Today... (2017), and is currently in post-production of her third short, Rouge in Black & White. She is currently developing her fourth short film, The Disgrace which was pitched at the 2025 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival's Talents Connexion, and her feature debut. She gained experience by working in short and feature films including the two Academy Award® nominated Lebanese films, Ziad Doueiri’s The Insult (2017) and Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum (2018), as well as Matty Brown's The Sand Castle (Netflix, 2024), and three upcoming features: Nadim Tabet’s In This Darkness I See You, Cyril Aris' It’s a Sad and Beautiful World, and Danielle Arbid's Love Conquers All (in post-production). Nadine is a co-founder of MovieTailor Pictures, a film production and distribution company based in Lebanon. As a producer, she has developed several projects, including the Pakistani short documentary, In Zainab’s Heaven (2023), winner of the Special Jury Mention at Fribourg International Film Festival and Film SouthAsia 2024. She is also an alumna of Talents Beirut (Berlinale Talents), Beirut-Locarno Industry Academy International, and Impact Lab Lebanon/Syria. |
FILMOGRAPHY
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DIRECTOR/WRITER/EDITOR
- The Disgrace (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, 15 min, Funding Stage) Pitched at the 2025 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival’s Talents Connexion
- Impure (Drama, 15 min, Late Development Stage) Selected for the Short Tweaks Residency 2024
- Rouge in Black & White (Experimental/Fantasy/Thriller, 8 min, Post-Production)
- Perhaps Today… (Drama, 9 min, 2017) Winner of 7 international awards including Best Short Film & Best Director
- The Blind of the Cathedral (Drama, 18 min, 2015) Winner of 11 international awards including Best Short Film, Director, Actor and Actress
- Dans mon cocon (Psychological Thriller, 10 min, 2014) Screened as a special mention at La Journée cinématographique des étudiants de l’INBA2
- Yingtai (Drama, 8 min, 2014) Academic short film
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
- Love Conquers All (Feature Fiction, Drama/Romance, Post-Production)
- It’s a Sad and Beautiful World (Feature Fiction, Drama/Romance, Post-Production)
- In This Darkness I See You (Feature Fiction, Thriller, Post-Production)
- The Sand Castle (Feature Fiction, Drama/Mystery/Thriller, 2024) Netflix Original
- Only Silence (Drama, 30 min, 2018) Co-produced with France 3
- The Insult (Feature Fiction, Drama, 113 min, 2017) Script Continuity | Academy Award® Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film & Winner of Venice’s Best Actor
PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- In Zainab’s Heaven (Documentary, 26 min, PK/LB/UAE, 2023) Producer | Winner of the Special Jury Mention at Fribourg International Film Festival 2024 & FilmSouth Asia 2024
- Lost Out There (Drama, 15 min, 2017) Production Coordinator | Senior short film
- Last Vision (Drama, 15 min, 2016) Producer | Senior short film
- Salwa (Drama, 17 min, 2014) Executive Producer | Senior short film
OTHER ROLES
- Capernaum (Feature Fiction, Drama, 126 min, 2018) Casting Intern | Academy Award® Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Winner of Cannes’ Jury Prize
- The Disgrace (Drama/Mystery/Thriller, 15 min, Funding Stage) Pitched at the 2025 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival’s Talents Connexion
- Impure (Drama, 15 min, Late Development Stage) Selected for the Short Tweaks Residency 2024
- Rouge in Black & White (Experimental/Fantasy/Thriller, 8 min, Post-Production)
- Perhaps Today… (Drama, 9 min, 2017) Winner of 7 international awards including Best Short Film & Best Director
- The Blind of the Cathedral (Drama, 18 min, 2015) Winner of 11 international awards including Best Short Film, Director, Actor and Actress
- Dans mon cocon (Psychological Thriller, 10 min, 2014) Screened as a special mention at La Journée cinématographique des étudiants de l’INBA2
- Yingtai (Drama, 8 min, 2014) Academic short film
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
- Love Conquers All (Feature Fiction, Drama/Romance, Post-Production)
- It’s a Sad and Beautiful World (Feature Fiction, Drama/Romance, Post-Production)
- In This Darkness I See You (Feature Fiction, Thriller, Post-Production)
- The Sand Castle (Feature Fiction, Drama/Mystery/Thriller, 2024) Netflix Original
- Only Silence (Drama, 30 min, 2018) Co-produced with France 3
- The Insult (Feature Fiction, Drama, 113 min, 2017) Script Continuity | Academy Award® Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film & Winner of Venice’s Best Actor
PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- In Zainab’s Heaven (Documentary, 26 min, PK/LB/UAE, 2023) Producer | Winner of the Special Jury Mention at Fribourg International Film Festival 2024 & FilmSouth Asia 2024
- Lost Out There (Drama, 15 min, 2017) Production Coordinator | Senior short film
- Last Vision (Drama, 15 min, 2016) Producer | Senior short film
- Salwa (Drama, 17 min, 2014) Executive Producer | Senior short film
OTHER ROLES
- Capernaum (Feature Fiction, Drama, 126 min, 2018) Casting Intern | Academy Award® Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Winner of Cannes’ Jury Prize