Sabah Haider, Ph.D.
Cultural and Visual Anthropologist
Films / Photography / Writing / Teaching / UX Research / News
FILMOGRAPHY
ESPOIR / HEVI (Short film, France/Syria/Qatar, 2018)
As Associate Producer
(Directed by Mohammed Shaikhow)
• Produced with the support of the Doha Film Institute
• Premiered at the 2018 Carthage Film Festival (International Competition)
The Legend of Ruby Pasha (Short, Canada/Lebanon/Pakistan, 2016)
As Writer, Director, Producer
• Premiered at the 2017 Tampere Film Festival (International Competition)
• Co-produced with DB Productions Lebanon
• Produced with the support of the Quebec Council of Arts & Culture (CALQ)
Abu Rami (2012, Short film, Lebanon/UAE/Canada)
As Writer/Director/Co-Producer
• Co-produced by Sara Abu Zahra in assoc. with Déjà Vu Productions UAE
*+50 international festival screenings + BBC Arabic TV.
Beirut My Heart (2010, Short film, Lebanon)
As Writer, Director, Producer
• Premiered at the 2011 Beirut International Film Festival
• +20 international festival screenings + TNT (Turkish National Television).
AS SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
GIRAFFADA (Feature film, France/Palestine, 2013)
BLESSED BENEFIT (Feature film, Germany/Jordan, 2015)
SEA SHADOW (Feature film, UAE, 2011, as Asst. Script Supervisor)
SELECTED AWARDS, CO-PRODUCTION MARKETS, RESIDENCIES
• Selected for 2016 Canadian Film Centre Writer’s Lab through National Film Board of Canada, for “The Season is Turquoise”
• Recipient of Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund 2016, for “The Season is Turquoise”
• Canada Arts Council, Feature Film Script Development Grant (2013), for “Beirut Solo”
• Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013 SANAD development grant for feature script “Beirut Solo”
• Dubai Film Connection Co Production Market 2012 — Awarded the Film Clinic script prize for “Beirut Solo”
• Script Residency: EuroMed & Fondation Liban Cinema, Script Atelier, Selected Participant for “Beirut Solo”, 2012–2013, Lebanon
• Script Residency: Torino Film Lab/Interchange 2011, Italy/UAE, for “Beirut Solo”
• BERLINALE Talents Program 2014 / Selected Filmmaker (Feb 2014)
• Doc Lab: Greenhouse–Middle East Now Doc Lab (2014), Selected Project, for documentary in development project “Syrian Artists in Exile”, Florence, Italy
• Filmmaker Residency: Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France (Feb to June 2013)
• Goethe Institute LABeirut 16mm + 8mm lab, Selected Participant, Beirut, Lebanon (Jan 2012
FEATURES IN DEVELOPMENT* (*Both on hold)
The Season Is Turquoise
As Writer/Director
(Feature Film – In Development)
Producer: Ziad Touma, Couzin Films, Montreal
• Bell Media Harold Greenberg Fund (2016)
• Canadian Film Centre Screenwriter’s Lab (2016)
Beirut Solo
As Writer/Director
(Feature Film – In Development)
Producer: Ziad Touma, Couzin Films, Montreal
• Canada Arts Council Script Development Grant 2013
• Film Clinic Prize, at 2012 Dubai International Film Festival
• Feature Film Script Re-writing Atelier, Fondation Liban Cinema 2013 / Selected Project
• Dubai Film Connection 2012 / Selected Project
• TorinoFilmLab Interchange 2011 / Selected Project