Born in Beirut in 1969, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige work together as artists and filmmakers, shooting fiction films and documentaries. In 1999, they wrote and directed their first fiction feature film Al bayt el zaher, in 2006 they won in Locarno the « Prix de la critique » and in 2008 they presented Je veux voir at « Un certain regard » in Cannes. Together, they created numerous photographic installations, among these Beirut : Urban fictions, o [...]
Born in Beirut in 1969, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige work together as artists and filmmakers, shooting fiction films and documentaries. In 1999, they wrote and directed their first fiction feature film Al bayt el zaher, in 2006 they won in Locarno the « Prix de la critique » and in 2008 they presented Je veux voir at « Un certain regard » in Cannes. Together, they created numerous photographic installations, among these Beirut : Urban fictions, or the multifaceted project called Wonder Beirut, including aswell Postcards of war.