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Valentin Noujaïm
Born November 6, 1991 · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France (age 34)
Valentin Noujaïm is a French-Lebanese filmmaker and artist based between Paris and Athens. A graduate of La Fémis (FR) and former guest student at the Städelschule (DE), he works across film, installation, sculpture, and research-driven narrative forms, investigating how individuals and communities survive spiritual, political, and architectural collapse. Working across 16mm, Super 8, archival mat…
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Opera Omnia · 2026Opera Omnia
2026
MovieFantasyMusic
It unfurls a dreamlike atmosphere carried by the haunting melodies and evocative soundscapes of the Space Afrika duo. Inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the film follows the night journey of two young black boys through the abandoned industrial spaces of Manchester, taking forgotten souls back to life. The deserted places are haunted by an opera singer (Axelle Fanyo), who lends a ghostly, lyrical presence to this melancholy universe.
Oceania · 2024Oceania
★ 8.02024
MovieDrama
Najib, 16, spends his summer on a video game, until his mother, Asma, discovers the death of their elderly and lonely neighbor. He steals the keys to the apartment, and dives into an unexpected world.
Vénus Rétrograde · 2021Vénus Rétrograde
2021
Movie
Midnight sharp. Two radio journalissts host a dull cultural program. Lights are switched off. A gang of women invades the studio to broadcast a message: “One, two... One, two... This is a coup!” Venus Retrograde explores an erotic, queer coup d’etat through a campy aesthetic and futuristic themes.
Pacific Club · 2023Pacific Club
★ 6.02023
MovieDocumentary
In 1979, the Pacific Club was opened in the basement of La Défense - the business district of Paris. It was the first nightclub for Arabs from the suburbs; a parallel world of dance, sweat, young loves, and one-night utopias. Azedine, 17 years old at the time, tells us the forgotten story of this club and of this generation who dreamed of integrating into France but who soon came face to face with racism, the AIDS epidemic, and heroin.
Before She Forgets Heliopolis · 2020Before She Forgets Heliopolis
2020
MovieDocumentary
My family have begun to forget their Egyptian roots and, on asking my grandmother Malo to recount the first part of her life in Cairo, I am confronted by the memories of an exiled Arabic woman, lost in a troubled sea of memories, soon to be erased by the passage of time. I start a tour to trace her steps and understand who she is, and therefore who we are. An Egypt appears where her past, my imaginings and the present Heliopolis mix together as night falls.
The Blue Star · 2020The Blue Star
2020
Movie
It all happened on a dark night. The Man was tired of being a stranger, tired of being insulted by others simply because he speaks Arabic to a wife who speaks French with their beloved mixed race son. He looked at the sky and shouted. But that night, far in the cosmos, a voice answered.
The Remains · 2020The Remains
2020
Movie
Alfonse returns to the family château after a long absence. His brother Samuel takes a dim view of this return.
To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion · 2024To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion
2024
MovieDrama
Claire, a businesswoman promoting a new skyscraper office in La Défense faces increasing scrutiny and isolation. The cold, grey offices amplify her loneliness, driving vivid dreams of setting the tower ablaze.
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