Person

Wissam Charaf

Directing · 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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  Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous

  Writer

• Après

  Director

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  You Teenagers

  Director of Photography

• Manuel de survie d'un combattant

  Writer

• Geronimo

  2014

• Hizz Ya Wizz

  Director

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  Disorder

  Director

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  Unforgettable Memory of a Friend

  Director

• It's All in Lebanon

  Writer

• Pas de panique

  Director

• 2024DisorderDirector
• 2023If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of CloudsEditor
• 2023You TeenagersDirector of Photography
• 2023Dirty, Difficult, DangerousWriter
• 2020Pas de paniqueDirector
• 2018Unforgettable Memory of a FriendDirector
• 2016Manuel de survie d'un combattantWriter
• 2016AprèsDirector
• 2016Heaven SentDirector
• 2014Geronimo
• 2012It's All in LebanonWriter
• 2005Hizz Ya WizzDirector
• —HolidayDirector