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Ahmad Ghossein is a Filmmaker and an artist, born in Beirut 1981. He holds an MFA in Visual Art from the National Academy of Art-(KHIO) in Oslo and a BFA in Theater from the Lebanese University, Beirut.

Ghossein's latest short film, White Noise, which was produced under the auspices of "Lebanon Factory," opened the Director's Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival (La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Cannes) 2017. He won the Best Director Prize at the Beirut International Film Festival 2004 for his graduate short film Operation Nb... His film My father Is Still a Communist, 2011, was awarded best short film in Tribeca Doha Film Festival 2011 and was selected by MoMa and Berlinale and several festivals. His other short The Fourth Stage opened the Forum Expanded of Berlinale Film Festival 2016.

Ahmad has directed several documentaries, short films and videos. Other works include: The Last Cartography in the Republic (2017), 210m (2007) commissioned by Ashkal Alwan, Faces applauding alone (2008), What Does Not Resemble Me Looks Exactly Like Me (2009) with Ghassan Salhab and Mohamad Soueid, An Arab Comes to Town (2008), a documentary filmed in Denmark produced by DR2.

He was awarded the Production Program Award by the Sharjah Art Foundation in 2014, the Ibsen scholarship award in 2013, and Best Short Film in the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in 2011.He is also the co-curator of CO2 an artistic platform in Beirut.

Ghossein's work has been exhibited in different museums and galleries and has been screened in various film festivals around the world the including Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) and New Museum in New York, Sharjah Art Foundation, Center Pompidou in Paris, Oslo Kunstforening, Kunsthall in Oslo, With Koro (Uro) in Oslo, Ashkal Alwan's Home Works in Beirut, SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul, Nam June Paik Art Center in South Korea, MuCEM museum in Marseille, Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, the Bétonsalon in Paris, the Haus am Waldsee art space in Berlin, Berlinale Film Festival, Dubai Film Festival, , Oberhausen Film Festival, and the Fid Marseille Film Festival.

Awards

Ahmad Ghossein

Cairo International Film Festival

Fribourg International Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

Kerala International Film Festival

Hainan International Film Festival

International Film Festival of Thrissur

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