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Nour Ouayda

Nour Ouayda is a filmmaker, film critic, and programmer. She is deputy director at Metropolis Cinema Association in Beirut where she also manages the Cinematheque Beirut project. She is a co-editor of the Montreal-based online film journal «Hors champ». Her films and writing research the practice of drifting in cinema. She is part of the «Camelia Committee», a collective that explores hybrid forms…

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Towards the SunTowards the Sun · 2019
Towards the Sun
★ 6.02019
Movie
You are now in the main hall of the National Museum in Beirut. A guard reminds you that you are encouraged to touch the archeological objects. A voice in your headset suggests that you lick the stone. You are now facing a hole in the wall on the lower left corner of a mosaic. The voice in your headset indicates that it was made by a sniper. Out of curiosity, you dial 1-9-9-1 to listen to the rest of the story.
The Secret GardenThe Secret Garden · 2023
The Secret Garden
★ 9.02023
MovieDocumentaryFantasy
The inhabitants of a city awake one morning to find that never-before-seen trees, plants, and flowers suddenly erupted throughout the streets and in the squares. Strange and mysterious events start taking place as Camelia and Nahla investigate the origins of these new and peculiar creatures.
I was grateful the wind tore out my camera’s microphoneI was grateful the wind tore out my camera’s microphone · 2020
I was grateful the wind tore out my camera’s microphone
2020
Movie
A letter from Beirut. Spring 2020.
One Sea, 10 SeasOne Sea, 10 Seas · 2019
One Sea, 10 Seas
2019
MovieDocumentary
Images filmed on the coast of Beirut, of sand, rocks, boats, buildings, people, light, water; still images, in motion, with different degrees of grain. Reflections on the filming process, the strange synthesis of the camera and what is placed before it, the object transformed by the camera into texture, abstraction, appearance.
The Art of SpeechThe Art of Speech · 2016
The Art of Speech
★ 5.32016
MovieDramaComedy
Koroviev, a police officer who teaches poetry in a brigade of police poets, is in search of a precious Bible annotated by Pierre Maheu, the captain of the St. Elias, a legendary ship. His quest leads him to befriend a young thief who introduces him to a mysterious woman named Coriandre.
Not All Things that Shine Are BeautifulNot All Things that Shine Are Beautiful · 2022
Not All Things that Shine Are Beautiful
2022
Movie
In this experimental short video, filmmaker Nour Ouayda takes viewers on a walk towards Beirut’s seaside. Her camera is oriented toward the city’s texture, light, and colors, zooming in on the mundane details as if unable to see the city as a whole or at once.

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