Samer Najari

Samer Najari

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Moscow, USSR

Biography

Samer NAJARI (1976, Russia) was born in Moscow to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. He began his studies in architecture at the Uni­versity of Damascus at the age of 18. Since immigrating to Canada in 1994, he has completed a BFA in Film Production at Concordia Uni­versity. In 2001 he took part in a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Since his return to Canada, Samer Najari has directed two internationally acclaimed short films. Arwad is his first fea­ture-length film and is co-directed by Dominique Chila.

Best known work

Arwad
Arwad
2013
The Art of Speech
The Art of Speech
2016
irlande cahier bleu
irlande cahier bleu
2023
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
2009
Le petit oiseau va sortir
Le petit oiseau va sortir
2006
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages
2002
Memory is a Dying Horse
Memory is a Dying Horse
2021
Un Goût amer d’éternité
Un Goût amer d’éternité
Chrysanthème
Chrysanthème
2000
How far this road take us?
How far this road take us?
2021

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Un Goût amer d’éternité

    Director

  2. 2024

    Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky

    Director, Editor, Screenplay

  3. 2023

    irlande cahier bleu

    as Jean-Noël

  4. 2021

    Memory is a Dying Horse

    Editor, Director of Photography, Director

  5. 2021

    How far this road take us?

    Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Sound

  6. 2016

  7. 2013

    Arwad

    Director, Writer, Producer

  8. 2009

  9. 2006

    Le petit oiseau va sortir

    Director, Editor, Writer

  10. 2002

  11. 2000

    Chrysanthème

    Production Assistant

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