2019 Edition

Sam Lahoud

Sam Lahoud

Producer / Director

Lebanon

Sam Lahoud is a Lebanese scriptwriter, director, producer, script consultant  and a lecturer in Film, Theater, and Media. He started his career in Film and Theater in 1996, and since then he has written, directed and produced Theater Plays Films, and Documentaries, which received many national and international recognitions and awards. His first feature film “Waynon” (Void) was the Lebanese official submission for the Academy Awards 2015 (Oscars) for Best Foreign Language Film. Sam is active in cross cultural productions, and is permanently working on different film projects. Founder and Director of Beirut International Women Film Festival and Founder and Program Director of the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at Notre Dame University – Louaize