Joana Hadjithomas

Joana Hadjithomas
Born	Joana Hadjithomas 10 August 1969 Beirut
Years active	1994 – present

Joana Hadjithomas (Arabic: جوانا حاجي توما‎) is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and producer. She often collaborates with Khalil Joreige. A Perfect Day (2005) is one of their most acclaimed films, and earned them the Don Quixote Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[1] They also received acclaim for Around the Pink House, which was Lebanon's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[2]

Joana Hadjithomas participated at the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012).^[3]

She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

Filmography

• The Agony of the Feet (1994)
• 333 Sycamore (1994)
• Faute d'identités (Lack of Identity) (1997)
• al-Bayt al-zahr (Around the Pink House) (1999)
• Khiyam (2000)
• Rounds (2001)
• Ramad (Ashes) (2002)
• al-Film al-mafqud (The Lost Film) (2003)
• A Perfect Day (2005)
• Open the Door please / Childhood (2007)
• Je veux voir (I Want to See) (2008)
• The Lebanese Rocket Society (2012)^[5]

References

1. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). "Hadjithomas, Joana (1969–)". Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo: American Univ. in Cairo Press. pp. 157–159. ISBN 977-424-943-7.
2. • "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
3. http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/roundtable-announces-participants/
4. "The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury". Cannes Film Festival. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
5. "The Lebanese Rocket Society". Abbout Productions. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

External links

• Website of Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
• Joana Hadjithomas at the Internet Movie Database
• Noorderlicht / Archive / Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige