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.   

22 July | 8:00 PM | TAJ Cinema 4

25 July | 10:00 PM | TAJ Cinema 4

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