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Maram

Very often we walk the streets of Hamra and avoid looking or interacting with the street kids. Maram is a short documentary about a young Syrian refugee girl who sells flowers on the streets of Hamra. Through this documentary we get to know her and her aspirations in life.

  • Samer Beyhum
    Director
    Une Histoire Syrienne, La Charte des Distractions, Derives
  • Nour Nassar
    Assistant Director
  • Madonna Adib
    Associate Producer
  • Kourken Papazian
    Director of Photography
  • Iyad Tchelebi
    Assistant Camera
  • Sandra Sayej
    Sound Design
  • Issa Khanji
    Sound Recordist
  • Lamia Tokatli
    Production Managers
  • Deema Dbouk
    Production Managers
  • Judy Srouji
    Production Managers
  • Ghida Ladkani
    Production Managers
  • Nadine Akkad
    Production Assistant
  • Souad Saidi
    Runner
  • Eric Robertson
    Poster Design
  • Tracy Shelhot
    Distribution Coordinator
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 4, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    700 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Lebanon
  • Country of Filming:
    Lebanon
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Madrid Human Rights Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    December 8, 2017
  • 16th Edition of Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona/Paris/NYC
    Paris
    France
    November 20, 2017
  • MINIDOC 2017
    Polan
    Spain
    November 10, 2017
    Best Solidarity Work Award
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 3, 2017
  • 24th International Independent Film Festival in the name of Ireneusz Radzio - PUBLICYSTYKA
    Kędzierzyn-Koźle
    Poland
    October 20, 2017
  • Courts critiques 13e édition - In the context of Festival du nouveau cinéma
    Montreal
    Canada
    October 7, 2017
    Montreal Premiere
  • Courts critiques 12e édition - In the context of Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec
    Quebec City
    Canada
    September 21, 2017
    North American Premier
  • Mishkal Festival
    Beirut
    Lebanon
    September 8, 2017
Distribution Information
  • 99%Media
    Country: Canada
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: Lebanon
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Samer Beyhum

Samer Beyhum is a multidisciplinary Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker, editor, post-production specialist, and co-founder of 99%Media Quebec. His work encompasses issues of social justice, the environment, and human rights in an attempt to raise awareness and document these issues for posterity and the hope of change. He holds a BA in Communication Arts with emphasis on Radio, TV, and Film from Excelsior College of New York through the Lebanese American University (LAU) of Beirut, Lebanon. Samer currently works as a TV/Film studio technician at (LAU) where he trains future generations of young Lebanese filmmakers. Some of his works include multi-award winning short documentary "Une histoire syrienne", award winning feature documentary "La charte des distractions", and academically acclaimed feature documentary "Derives".

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