Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki (b. 1974, Beirut), Lebanese actress, screenwriter and director, graduated in audiovisual studies from Beirut's Saint Joseph University (IESAV) with the film 11 Rue Pasteur (1997), for which she took Best Short Film from the Biennale of Arab Cinema at Paris' Institut du Monde Arabe. She subsequently shot commercials, as well as music videos for well-known Middle Eastern singers. In 2007 Cannes presented her feature Caramel (Sukkar banat) in its Directors' Fortnight. Four years later, the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes hosted the premiere of Where Do We Go Now?

50. MFF Karlovy Vary