Fiasco
Synopsis: For half of his life Nicolas, the director, used the camera as confidant to film his video diary. With candid humour, he embarks on a cinematic rebellion against his family and societal expectations of the “perfect life”.
Directors’ Biography: Nicolas Khoury graduated in film and audio-visual studies from the Lebanese Academy of Fine-Arts in 2010. He is an independent documentary filmmaker and film editor based in Beirut. Fiasco is his first feature-length documentary which won two awards in Cairo International Film Festival.
- DIRECTORS: Nicolas Khoury
- GENRE: Documentary
- YEAR : 2021
- TIME: 70 minutes
- RATING: 18 +
- COUNTRY: Lebanon, Netherlands
- LANGUAGE: Arabic (Lebanese Dialect), French and English
- SUBTITLING: English and Arabic
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolas Khoury
- EDITING: Cherine Debs
- PRODUCERS: Nicolas Khoury, Yara Yuri Safadi and Sekak Films
- AWARDS:Salah Abu Seif Award for Best Artistic Contribution in Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition and a Special Mention for Best Arab Film in Cairo International Film Festival.
- STATUS: Jordanian Première
