In White | Short Film

Her father’s funeral brings Lara back to Beirut from her modern life in NYC, forcing her to face the traditions she escaped and the untraditional fiancee she’s been hiding.
*Official Selection 2018 TimiShorts Film Festival (ROMANIA)
*Official Selection 2018 Lebanese Film Festival (BEIRUT)
*Winner Jury's Choice Award Baalbeck International Film Festival (BAALBECK)
*10th International Inter University Short Film Festival (BANGLADESH)
*Winner Silver Sand Award 2018 Best of Shorts festival (LA CIOTAT- FRANCE)
*Official Selection 2018 Guanajuato International Film Festival (MEXICO)
*Official Selection 2018 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SAN FRANCISCO)
*Official Selection 2018 Lebanese International Film Festival (BEIRUT)
*Official Selection 2018 Cinetopia Film Festival (DETROIT)
*Winner Professionals’ Award 2018 International Changing Perspectives Film Festival (ISTANBUL)
*Winner Student Jury Panorama du Cinema du Maghreb et du Moyen Orient PCMMO (FRANCE)
*Winner Special Jury Mention* Beirut International Women Film Festival (LEBANON)
*Official Selection 2018 New Renaissance Film Festival (AMSTERDAM)
*Official Selection 2018 Mecal Pro International Short Film Festival (BARCELONA)
*Official Selection 2018 Silk Road Film Festival (DUBLIN)
*Official Selection 2018 Panorama Cinémas Maghreb Moyen-Orient (FRANCE)
*Official Selection 2018 Winter Film Awards * (NYC)
*Winner Grand Prize best international short 2017 Short Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro* (BRAZIL)
Winner Best Fiction Film 2017 Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival (EGYPT)
*Winner Best International Short Film at 2017 Milan International Film Festival* (ITALY)
*Winner Audience Choice award at 2017 Nitehawk Shorts Festival (New York)
*Winner Best of Fest 2017 New Renaissance Film Festival* (LONDON)
*Official Selection 2017 BFI London Film Festival* (UK)
*Winner best short film screenplay 2017 Brasov International Film Festival* (ROMANIA)
*International competition* 2017 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (FRANCE)
Winner Special mention of the jury 2017 Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue (FRANCE)
*Opening film at 2017 Tripoli International Film Festival* (LEBANON)
*Official Selection at 2017 Lebanese Film Festival of Canada (MONTREAL)
*Official Selection of 2017 Gibara International Film Festival* (CUBA)
*Official Selection 2017 Auckland International Film Festival* (NEW ZEALAND)
*Official Selection 2017 Cyprus International Film Festival (CYPRUS)
*Official Selection 2017 Lebanese Film Festival* (AUSTRALIA)
*Official Selection 2017 Films Femmes Mediterannee (FRANCE)
*Official Selection 2017 Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (HOLLAND)
*Official Selection 2017 Pictoclik WOMEN IN CINEMA (SAN FRANCISCO)
*Official Selection 2017 Switzerland International Film Festival (SWITZERLAND)
*La Nuit du Court métrage by Base-Court (SWITZERLAND)
*Special Program: Lebanon Now 2017 Uppsala International Short Film Festival (SWEDEN)
*Lisbon International Film Festival (PORTUGAL)
*Official Selection 2017 Broadway Film Festival (NYC)
Written and directed by
Dania Bdeir
Executive Producers:
Ayah Bdeir and Adam Bly
Tarek and Zina Dajani
Kadri and Rouba Hakim
Producer:
Dania Bdeir
Co-producer :
Ginger Productions
Director of Photography:
Christopher Aoun
Starring / Cast:
Lara | Maria Achkar
Mona | Roula Hamadeh
Noah | Benjamin Zussman
Omar | Julien Farhat
Teta | Lucie Choucair
Yasmine | Marwa Khalil
Sousou | Vivianne Ghawi
1st Assistant Director | Andrew Hraiz
2nd Assistant Director | Amanda Atallah
Nay Tabbara
Script Supervisor | Tania Khoury
Casting Director | Petra Serhal
Extras | Mirvat Hakim
Casting Coordinator | Hala Kronfol
Line Producer | Jimmy Dib
Production Manager | Elie Deek
PA | Stephano Mendalak
| Hala Kronfol
Director of Photography | Christopher Aoun
Focus Puller | René Zander
1st assistant camera Mohamad Hissi
2nd Assistant Camera Rizkallah Aoun
Dit: Mahmoud Baayoun
Set Photographer | Konstantin Bock
Additional Photography | Ayla Hibri
Foreign Gaffer | Niko Mölter
Local Gaffer | Elie Kolko
Key Grip | Rony El Sokhn
Electrician:
Charbel Hadchiti
Helpers:
Ayman El Hayess
Samir Dham
Malek Sarkis
Roy Kolko
Saher Abdel Baki
Sound Engineer | Rawad Hobeika
Boom operator | Elie Karam
Additional Sound | Cedric Kayem
Production Designer | Sabine Sabbagh
Assistant Production designer | Abdallah Al Zein
| Nayla Bissat
Make up | Claudine Choueiri
Hairdresser | Nader Sidani
Wardrobe Stylist | Lara Khamis
Assistant Wardrobe | Dina Nawfal
Costume Designer | Hass Idriss
Editors | Johnny Bassett
| Ted Raviv
Colorist | Bilal Hebri
Sound Designer | Eli Cohn
Music Supervisor | Joseph Miller
Music
"Fly Away"
Written by Joe Lervold and Julius Robinson
Performed by Joel Evans & Friends
Courtesy of Position Music
Poster Design | Wael Morcos
End Credits | Dima Boulad