Biography

Hady Zaccak is a Lebanese award-winning filmmaker, a lecturer-researcher and the coordinator of the cinema department at IESAV film School, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut. He is the author of more than 20 socio-political documentaries about Lebanon and the Arab world. His selective filmography includes: "Cilama" (2024) (Best directing- Arab Creativity Festival, Cairo), "Ya Omri" ("104 wrinkles") (2017) (Jury Award- Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden, 2017), "Kamal Joumblatt, Witness and Martyr" (2015) (Francophone Trophy for the best documentary 2016), "Marcedes" (2011) (FIPRESCI Award (the International Federation of Film Critics)-Dubai International Film Festival 2011), "A History Lesson" (2009) (1st prize Arab Film Festival-Rotterdam 2010), "Sunni Echoes from Lebanon" (2008), "Shi'a Echoes from Lebanon" (2007), "The War of Peace" (2007), ,"The Oil Spill in Lebanon" (2007) (1st prize- European and Med Festival on Sea TV, Italy 2007), "Refugees for life" (2006), "Cinema of War in Lebanon"(2003), "Lebanon through cinema" (2003), "Beirut points of view" (2000), "1000 & 1000 nights" (1999) (Best documentary award-Docudays-Beirut 1999)... In addition to his films, Zaccak is the author of two books on cinema: "The Last Film Screening, a biography of Cilama Tripoli" )in Arabic) (2021) and "Lebanese Cinema, an itinerary of a cinema heading for the unknown (1929-1996)" (in French) (1997). HZ is the owner of the production company ZAC Films.
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