Joana Hadjithomas

Joana Hadjitho
Born Joana Hadjithomas
(1969-08-10) 10 August 1969
Beirut
Years active 1994 – present

Joana Hadjithomas (Arabic: جوانا حاجي توما) is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and producer. She often collaborates with Khalil Joreige. A Perfect Day (2005) is one of their most acclaimed films, and earned them the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival.[1] They also received acclaim for Around the Pink House, which was Lebanon's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[2]

Joana Hadjithomas participated at the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012).[3]

She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). "Hadjithomas, Joana (1969–)". Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo: American Univ. in Cairo Press. pp. 157–159. ISBN 977-424-943-7.
  2. http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/roundtable-announces-participants/
  3. "The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury". Cannes Film Festival. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. "The Lebanese Rocket Society". Abbout Productions. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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