Ely Dagher

Ely Dagher
Ely Dagher
Born	Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Occupation	Film director, producer

Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his short film Waves '98 and most recently his first feature film The Sea Ahead which had its premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival

Early years[]

Ely graduated from Goldsmith's College in 2009 with an master's degree in Art and Media Cultures. Previously he had received a bachelor's degree in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon.^[1]

Career[]

Dagher's film Waves '98 won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In February 2020 Dagher completed shooting his first feature film, The Sea Ahead (Al Bahr Amamakoum), with post-production finishing a year afterwards in March 2021 Owing to the devastating economic crisis in Beirut, Covid and the Beirut port explosion which halted the post production for two months. The film had its premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival part of the 53rd Directors' Fortnight.The film is planned for release later in the year.^[5]

Filmography[]

Waves '98 (short), 2015
The Sea Ahead, 2021 (upcoming)

References[]

^ Une première pour le Liban : Ely Dagher Palme d'or du court-métrage à Cannes
^ "Ely Dagher: Prizewinner of the Cannes 2015 Film Festival". 13 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ Festival De Cannes | AWARDS – Short Film Palme d'or | http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html
^ Lebanon’s Ely Dagher Wins Palme D’Or in Cannes for Waves ’98
^ THE SEA AHEAD - MAD Distribution Films

External links[]

Ely Dagher at IMDb

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[1] Une première pour le Liban : Ely Dagher Palme d'or du court-métrage à Cannes

[2] "Ely Dagher: Prizewinner of the Cannes 2015 Film Festival". 13 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[3] Festival De Cannes | AWARDS – Short Film Palme d'or | http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html

[4] Lebanon’s Ely Dagher Wins Palme D’Or in Cannes for Waves ’98

[5] THE SEA AHEAD - MAD Distribution Films

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1960s	– (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) – and (1963) – Edmond Séchan (1963) – François Reichenbach (1964) – (1964) Nyitany – (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) – (1967) – (1969)
1970s	Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fyodor Khitruk, and (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
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1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) – (1991) Omnibus – (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) – (1995) – (1996) – (1997) – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)
2000s	– (2000) – (2001) – (2002) – (2003) Trafic – Cătălin Mitulescu (2004) – (2005) Sniffer – (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) – (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)
2010s	– Serge Avédikian (2010) – (2011) – (2012) – (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015) Timecode – Juanjo Giménez (2016) A Gentle Night - (2017) All These Creatures – Charles Williams (2018) The Distance Between Us and the Sky – Vasilis Kekatos (2019)
2020s	– Sameh Alaa (2020) – Tang Yi (2021)