Waves ’98
Waves ’98 · dir. Ely Dagher
Lebanon, Qatar 2015, 15’
Polish premiere
Screenings
23 October, 17:00 · Od Nowa – large hall
Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depths of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality that he eventually finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.
| Director: | Ely Dagher |
| Screenplay: | Ely Dagher |
| Music: | Matthew Wilcock |
| Editing: | Ely Dagher |
| Animation: | Ely Dagher |
| Cast: | Elie Bassila |
| Production: | Ely Dagher |
| Awards: | MFF w Cannes / Cannes IFF – Złota Palma: Najlepszy Film Krótkometrażowy / Palme d\\\\\\\'Or: Best Short Film (2015) |
Ely Dagher was born in Beirut Lebanon in 1985. Graduated with an MA in New media and contemporary Art Studies from Goldmiths College, London (2009), after having completed a BA in 2d/3d animation and Art Direction/Illustration at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (2007).
2015 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening and closing ceremonies
- Special event
- On Air
- Shortcut
- From Poland
- Localizations
- Phenomena: Club 27
- The ABC of the Iranian New Wave
- Portrait of a woman — heroine and director
- Small country, great cinema — cinema of Iceland
- Masters: Manoel de Oliveira
- Masters: Jan Peszek
- Forward: Pedro Costa
- Forum 2014/2015
- Special screenings
- Night Owls
- Movies for children
- Debates
- Movieplay!
- The Festival Club: NRD