LEBANON / 19min
SEA SALT
Cast: Rabih Abdo, Farid Chawki, Hiba Chihane, Nathalie Issa, George Matar
Short Synopsis:
17-year-old Nayla in a hot summer day on the southern seaside of Lebanon is faced with the same dilemma as any other young person in Lebanon: to leave or to stay. Two men in her life who have set ideas about it might get surprised.
Leila is a filmmaker from Tyre, Lebanon. She holds a BA in Audiovisual Arts from IESAV, the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, and an MFA in Film Directing at FAMU. Her second-year film The Adam Basma Project was short-listed for the 48th Student Academy Awards after having its world premiere at the DocLisboa International Film Festival.