THE FILMMAKERS
WISSAM CHARAF
LEBANESE
CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Wissam made his feature filmmaking debut with HEAVEN SENT (2016) and won acclaim for his short film UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND (2018).

TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
Europa Cinemas described his second feature film DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS, about two outcasts of society facing danger and racism in today’s Lebanon as “very original and surprisingly uplifting.” The film won the 2022 Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film Screening at Venice Days — a sidebar of the 79th Venice International Film Festival.