Movies: Yara Zakhour

After the August 4th Beirut port explosion, a judicial reform brings about the first trial by jury in Lebanon where 12 citizens are about to decide the fate of an illegal Syrian refugee accused of brutally killing a social activist known for helping ...

Tadur is a meditation on emptiness (inspired by ancient Zen poetry). The film depicts the lush green outskirts of small, rural Mount Lebanon towns—a world where criminals, impoverished farmers, and monastic sages are immersed in both beauty and bruta...

Children disappear every day. One by one their lives are taken away. What happened to them remains secret. But it seems clear: the most innocent among us are being lured out of the niches of society by dark shadows. One of these desperate creatures h...