Private Project

New Blood: Wild chronicle of Beirut

A filmmaker attempts to begin a feature film project in a disturbing and unusual area in suburb of Beirut.

  • Christophe Karabache
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Fiction
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Lebanon
  • Country of Filming:
    Lebanon
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Festival of Cinema Libre
    Hamburg Germany
    August 28, 2015
  • Roma Cinema Doc
    Italy
  • Transilvania International Short Film Festival
    Romania
    March 10, 2016
    Best Mobile Film
  • Super 9 Mobile Film Fest
    Portugal
    Online
  • Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest
    Bucharest
    Romania
  • Short to the Point - International Short Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
Director Biography - Christophe Karabache

French-Lebanese filmmaker. Born in Beirut in 1979, he completed his Cinema Studies at Université Paris III - Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) and through a joint program at The University of Iowa (USA).
He began his exploration of film at l’Etna, an alternative workshop in Paris. He initially made experimental films.
His current filmmaking practice shifts between documentary and fiction.
His films have been showcased at several international film festivals and theatrically released in France by Visiosfeir Distribution. A documentary about his work is edited on DVD by RE:VOIR (Paris) .
In 2017, he signed a global distribution deal with SMG (New York). He worked with Dragway Productions in 2018.

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