These short films shake up the traditional narrative on a variety of subjects and give us an honest, raw, unapologetic perspective. Refusing to accept the current narrative, these films are trying to accomplish flipping the script, bringing awareness, shedding light on major issues facing our Arab communities and making their country and eventually the world a better place.
Beirut 2019. During the revolution. On her way back from a protest, Farah, a Lebanese activist, and her French-Lebanese boyfriend Anthony are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah.
About The Filmmaker
Dahlia Nemlich is a French-Lebanese director. Upon completing her studies in Cinema at ISCPA Paris, she spent three years working in series production at TF1 before relocating to her home country of Lebanon, where she was hired by Webedia Arabia, as a content director and Head of the production department.
Nemlich is also an accomplished singer and songwriter, performing under the name DahliaOnTheRun. Her most recent single, Beirut, was picked up by Anghami.
In 2020, Dahlia directed Roadblock, her first fiction short film, that premiered at El Gouna Film Festival in October 2020.
- Year2020
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic, French
- CountryLebanon
- PremiereU.S. Premiere
- DirectorDahlia Nemlich
- ScreenwriterPascale Seigneurie
- CastJulian Farhat, Ahmed Hammadi Chassin, Pascale Seigneurie, Mohamad Yassine
- CinematographerFatma Racha Shehadeh
- EditorAdam Jammal
- Sound DesignNadim Maalouf
- MusicZeid Hamdan
These short films shake up the traditional narrative on a variety of subjects and give us an honest, raw, unapologetic perspective. Refusing to accept the current narrative, these films are trying to accomplish flipping the script, bringing awareness, shedding light on major issues facing our Arab communities and making their country and eventually the world a better place.
Beirut 2019. During the revolution. On her way back from a protest, Farah, a Lebanese activist, and her French-Lebanese boyfriend Anthony are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah.
About The Filmmaker
Dahlia Nemlich is a French-Lebanese director. Upon completing her studies in Cinema at ISCPA Paris, she spent three years working in series production at TF1 before relocating to her home country of Lebanon, where she was hired by Webedia Arabia, as a content director and Head of the production department.
Nemlich is also an accomplished singer and songwriter, performing under the name DahliaOnTheRun. Her most recent single, Beirut, was picked up by Anghami.
In 2020, Dahlia directed Roadblock, her first fiction short film, that premiered at El Gouna Film Festival in October 2020.
- Year2020
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic, French
- CountryLebanon
- PremiereU.S. Premiere
- DirectorDahlia Nemlich
- ScreenwriterPascale Seigneurie
- CastJulian Farhat, Ahmed Hammadi Chassin, Pascale Seigneurie, Mohamad Yassine
- CinematographerFatma Racha Shehadeh
- EditorAdam Jammal
- Sound DesignNadim Maalouf
- MusicZeid Hamdan