Zeina Daccache (Film Director, Play Director, Drama Therapist)

Zeina produced the pioneering artistic production “12 Angry Lebanese” with inmates of Roumieh Prison in 2009. This pioneering production as well as the documentary that emerged from the process received international acclaim (8 Awards) and led to the implementation of Law 463 in 2009 (the reduction of sentences for good behavior). In 2013, she created the play “Scheherazade in Baabda”, with women inmates of Baabda prison where they shared their personal stories in an attempt to heal their wounds and hold up a mirror to Lebanese society about the oppression of women. Her 2nd feature documentary “Scheherazade’s Diary” wins 10 international awards.

Filmography:

The blue inmates (May 2020)

Scheherazade’s Diary (10 time award-winning documentary), 2013

12 Angry Lebanese – the documentary (8 time award-winning documentary), 2009

Any, 2007, a short-documentary about women residing in the South of Lebanon after the July War 06.