Nadine Asmar, Writer / Director in Lebanon

The Blind of the Cathedral (2015)

Synopsis: Despite their apparent differences, Hala and Bachir will meet and live an adventure that will reveal their innocent love. But a dark fate is awaiting them... Synopsis: Despite their apparent differences, Hala and Bachir will meet and live an adventure that will reveal their innocent love. But a dark fate is awaiting them... | Starring: Aya Tiba, Sam Khoury, Omar Mikati, Elie Boudjok, Hind Taher & Michel Adabachy | A free adaptation of Farjallah Haïk's novel "L'aveugle de la Cathédrale" | Written by Nadine Asmar & Pascale Asmar | Positions: Director, Writer, Editor | Type: Short Film | Note: Bachelor's senior short film of Nadine Asmar at the Lebanese University - Faculty of Fine Arts II in 2015, winner of 11 international awards.

Perhaps Today... (2017)

Synopsis: Oum Karim, a 60-year-old Beiruti lady, is used to preparing Lahm Bi Ajin (Lebanese ham pie) once per week. | Starring: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Kamil Asmar, Estephan Khattar, Zakaria Kaakour and Thérèse Asmar | Produced by Pauline Asmar, Pascale Asmar and Nadine Asmar | Distributed by MovieTailor Pictures | Positions: Director, Writer, Producer, Editor | Type: Short Film | Winner of 4 international awards.

The Insult (2017)

Synopsis: After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention. | Position: Script Continuity | Type: Feature Film | First Lebanese Film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018.

Capernaum (2018)

Synopsis: While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect. | Position: Casting team member | Type: Feature Film | Second Lebanese Film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018.

Only Silence (2018)

Synopsis: With looming threats in her country, 25-year-old Nada, a Syrian student, takes refuge in France. She had to leave behind her mother, brother and little nephew - relying only on daily contact through Skype. But her real nightmare begins when she learns that her hometown was bombed and her family has disappeared. Unable to sleep and consumed with dread, she turns to drinking and chain smoking. Even as news trickles in that they are safe but in hiding, she isn't reassured. A visit from her ex-boyfriend Mazen from Germany and having her few Syrian refugee friends around bring her momentary comfort, but Nada continues to look for updates from Syria. Finally, she is able to reach them and has barely processed that they've returned home when the horror of war strikes again. Only this time it's live, just like in a movie. This is real. | Position: Script Supervisor | Type: Short Film.

Salwa (2015)

Synopsis: Salwa (43) becomes increasingly unsatisfied with their purely physically based marrige with Ramzi a rich colonel. Her relationship with Karim, her homosexual tailor who understands and envelopes her with tenderness, intensifies, making her certain to have found the man she lacks in the shadow of a husband who only cultivates his manhood in the relationship. | Position: Executive Producer | Type: Short Film | Note: Bachelor's senior short film of Omar Sfeir at the Lebanese University - Institute of Fine Arts II in 2015.