Joana Hadjithomas

Lebanese film director, screenwriter and producer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroLebanese film director, screenwriter and producer
PlacesLebanon
isFilm director Photographer Screenwriter
Work fieldArts Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth10 August 1969, Beirut
Age55 years
Family
Spouse:Khalil Joreige
The details

Biography

Joana Hadjithomas (Arabic: جوانا حاجي توما‎‎) is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and producer. She often collaborates with Khalil Joreige. A Perfect Day (2005) is one of their most acclaimed films, and earned them the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival. They also received acclaim for Around the Pink House, which was Lebanon's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.
Joana Hadjithomas participated at the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012).
She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

  • The Agony of the Feet (1994)
  • 333 Sycamore (1994)
  • Faute d'identités (Lack of Identity) (1997)
  • al-Bayt al-zahr (Around the Pink House) (1999)
  • Khiyam (2000)
  • Rounds (2001)
  • Ramad (Ashes) (2002)
  • al-Film al-mafqud (The Lost Film) (2003)
  • A Perfect Day (2005)
  • Open the Door please / Childhood (2007)
  • Je veux voir (I Want to See) (2008)
  • The Lebanese Rocket Society (2012)

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