Authored Live: Dania Bdeir on writing WARSHA

Episode 1 of the The Culture Counter podcast, hosted by The Arts Club Dubai, titled "Authored Live: Dania Bdeir on writing WARSHA" was published on March 31, 2022 and runs 46 minutes.

March 31, 2022 ·46m · The Culture Counter

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Warsha is Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 winner of The Short Film Jury Award for best International Fiction. Written and directed by Syrian/Lebanese Dania Bdeir this incredible 16 minute short film follows the story of Mohammad, a Syrian crane operator in Beirut. One day, he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion. Listen in on the intimate conversation led by St...

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Warsha is Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 winner of The Short Film Jury Award for best International Fiction. Written and directed by Syrian/Lebanese Dania Bdeir this incredible 16 minute short film follows the story of Mohammad, a Syrian crane operator in Beirut. One day, he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion.

Listen in on the intimate conversation led by Stavros Antypas with director Dania Bdeir which followed a private screening of the film at The Arts Club Dubai. She shares her extraordinary 4 year journey into making this ambitious film a reality.

The members of The Arts Club Dubai concluded their evening with a surprise performance by KHANSA, the lead actor from the film.

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