Director Ely Dagher’s Waves ’98 is the first Lebanese film to compete in the official competition at Cannes since 1991. Iain Akerman caught up with him to talk Beirut and artistic inspiration
Ely Dagher has stopped questioning the infinite variables of life. “I can’t think of anything apart from the film,” he admits with a laugh. “All I can think of is Cannes.”
For the Brussels-based Lebanese director and visual artist, Cannes represents film, not advertising, yet with a background in branding, illustration and design, he straddles both worlds. It is on the Côte d’Azur that his short film, Waves ’98, will have its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festiv
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