Khalil Z.

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born in beirut in 1977, Khalil lived in the post-war city, spending his weekends watching movies in the old cinemas and on VHS at home, he studied filmmaking and graduated with a Masters degree, then pursued his scriptwriting/directing classes in California. his short film "The WIndow" 2006, won the best film award at the 13th european film festival as well as awards in dubai, osaka, canada and Beirut. His feature docu-fiction "Malaki-Scent of an angel" 2011, was released in cinemas and earned more than 40 awards and nominations across the globe. In 2017 he produced and directed his first fiction feature "NOUR" that was released in cinemas in France in 2019, the film was a huge success and it won more than 55 awards and nominations worldwide. His latest short documentary "The Birds have left Beirut" 2022, touches the life of one of the victims of the Beirut explosion. it was Premiered at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival in November 2022, and it's set to tour many festivals worldwide. Khalil has taught filmmaking in many universities from 2007 until 2019. He is currently preparing his second fiction feature.

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