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
The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American director Spike Lee was invited to be the head of the jury for the festival for a second time, after t ...
Early years
Ely graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2009 with a 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.
Career
Dagher's film ''
Waves '98'' won the
Short Film Palme d'Or at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate ...
, becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award.
Lebanon’s Ely Dagher Wins Palme D’Or in Cannes for Waves ’98
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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 Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
part of the 53rd Directors' Fortnight
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.
Filmography
* '' Waves '98'' (short), 2015
* '' The Sea Ahead'', 2021
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Lebanese film directors
Writers from Beirut
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
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