Directing
Samir Syriani
Born in 1989, Samir Syriani is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter. He graduated with a full scholarship and gained early recognition for his award-winning student film To Baalbek, screened at over 15 international and local festivals. His career flourished through award-winning music videos and TV campaigns for global brands. In 2019, Samir completed his Master’s degree short film Contact, which premiered internationally at the 49th Tampere Film Festival, earning multiple accolades and worldwide festival selections, including Best National Film at BMFF.
Acting credits
7.5Across three decades of passion, loss, and hope, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon or leave their home despite tragedies.
A Sad and Beautiful World
2026
8.0A Lebanese couple spends a sleepless night, fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter their glass walls. With children nearby, they face the impossible choice to stay or flee their life.
What If They Bomb Here Tonight
2025
Behind the camera
8.0A Lebanese couple spends a sleepless night, fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter their glass walls. With children nearby, they face the impossible choice to stay or flee their life.
What If They Bomb Here Tonight
2025
8.0A sniper who lives alone on a country’s border shooting refugees attempting to cross, one day finds a tape of his victim’s war diary and begins to listen to it.
Contact
2019