{"id":21965,"date":"2024-05-15T21:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=21965"},"modified":"2024-05-15T21:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:43:13","slug":"sam-lahoud-director-of-the-documentary-and-short-film-competition-alexandria-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/15\/sam-lahoud-director-of-the-documentary-and-short-film-competition-alexandria-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Lahoud, Director of the Documentary and Short Film Competition \u201cAlexandria Film Festival\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The management of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, headed by film critic Prince Abaza, announced the selection of Lebanese screenwriter, director and producer Sam Lahoud as director of the Documentary and Short Film Competition for Mediterranean Countries in the 40th session of the festival, which is scheduled to be held during the period from 1 to 5 October 2024.<br \/>\nSam Lahoud is the founder and president of the Beirut Film Society, a prominent figure in the film and theater industry in Lebanon.<br \/>\nHe has an extensive background as a screenwriter, director, producer, script consultant and lecturer in film, theater and media.<br \/>\nHe began his career in 1994, and since then he has written, directed and produced plays, feature films and documentaries that have received great recognition and awards both nationally and internationally.<br \/>\nHis most prominent cinematic works include \u201cVoid,\u201d which Lebanon nominated for an Oscar in 2015, \u201cGood Morning\u201d in 2018, and \u201cC-Section,\u201d which was shortlisted for the 2020 HFPA Golden Globes.<br \/>\nHe founded a number of film festivals, such as the Beirut International Women&#8217;s Film Festival, the Beirut International Short Film Festival, and the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada.<br \/>\nLahoud was listed for three years in the Arab Cinema Center magazine as one of the 101 golden figures in Arab cinema.<br \/>\nHe has organized and presented masterclasses, seminars, panel discussions and training, both nationally and internationally, on responsible media, media literacy, media law and ethics, storytelling, screenwriting, producing and directing.<br \/>\nHe is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in media at Saint Joseph University. He holds a master\u2019s degree in media and a master\u2019s degree in screenwriting. He previously served as the founding director of the Communication Office at Notre Dame University, head of the Department of Media Studies, and founder and head of the Department of Audiovisual Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies The management of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, headed by film critic Prince Abaza, announced the selection of Lebanese screenwriter, director and producer Sam Lahoud as director of the Documentary and Short Film Competition for Mediterranean Countries in the 40th session of the festival, which is scheduled to be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21970,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21965\/revisions\/21970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}