HADY ZACCAK

HADY ZACCAK

Hady Zaccak is a Lebanese award-winning filmmaker and a professor at the Institute for Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies film school (IESAV), St. Joseph University โ€“ Beirut. He directed more than 20 documentaries. His selective filmography includes: โ€œYa Omriโ€ (104 wrinkles), winner of the Jury Award Malmo Arab Film Festival of Sweden in 2017; โ€œKamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyrโ€, winner of the Francophone Trophy for the best documentary in 2016; โ€œMarcedesโ€, FIPRESCI Award at f the Dubai International Film Festival in 2011; โ€œA History Lessonโ€, 1st prize winner at the Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2010; โ€œRefugees for Lifeโ€ in 2006. In 1997, he wrote a book in French about the history of Lebanese cinema: โ€œLe Cinรฉma Libanais, itinรฉraire dโ€™un cinรฉma vers lโ€™inconnu (1929-1996)โ€.