Joana Hadjithomas

Lebanese film director, screenwriter and producer

August 10, 1969 (55 years old)

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Memory Box

Can. 2021. Drama by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige with Manal Issa, Isabelle Zighondi, Rim Turki. In Montreal, a teenage girl traces her mother’s story through notebooks and photo albums documenting her youth in war-torn Lebanon.

Runtime: 100 min.

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The Lebanese Rocket Society

Lib. 2012. Documentary by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Je veux voir

Fr. 2008. Docufiction by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige with Catherine Deneuve, Rabih Mroué. The actress Catherine Deneuve visits Beirut and its surroundings with a Lebanese actor who shows her the destruction caused by the Israeli bombings.

Runtime: 75 min.

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A Perfect Day

V.O.: Yawmon Akhar

Fr. 2005. Drama by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige.

Runtime: 88 min.

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Autour de la maison rose

Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige with Mireilla Safa, Joseph Bou Nassar, Hanane Abboud. Two poor families living illegally in a dilapidated palace in Beirut are threatened with eviction by the new owner.

Runtime: 92 min.