Wissam Charaf

Known for

Directing

From

Beirut, Lebanon

Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a filmmaker and journalist. He worked as assistant director on the music videos of Noir Désir, Sinead O’Connor and Ingrid Caven. He has made six short films including Hizz Ya Wizz, Un héros ne meurt jamais and Après. His first feature film, Fallen from the Sky, was selected at ACID – Cannes. Dirty Difficult Dangerous, his second feature film, won the Europa Cinemas Award at the Festival of Venice in 2022. In 2023, his new short film, If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds, was presented as part of the official selection in Venice, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024.

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Geronimo

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Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

20236.7out of 10

It's All in Lebanon

20125.2out of 10

If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds

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Heaven Sent

20166.6out of 10

Manuel de survie d'un combattant

20160.0out of 10

Après

20164.0out of 10

Unforgettable Memory of a Friend

20186.2out of 10

Disorder

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You Teenagers

20230.0out of 10

Pas de panique

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Hizz Ya Wizz

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Holiday

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