Bahij Hojeij

Bahij Hojeij is a fictional and documentary director born in Lebanon.^[1]

His second feature length fiction film, Here Comes the Rain was released in 2010.^[2]

Selective Filmography

Cinema

- "Fire Belt" (95 min), 2004
- "Here Comes the Rain" (100 min), to be released in 2010

Television

- "Al Oumbachi" (1987) TV series based on the work of Lebanese writer Maroun Abboud. 10 episodes of 50 minutes produced and broadcast by L.B.C.
- “Beyrouth, Paris, Beyrouth” (1989) About the Lebanese community in France during the civil war of Lebanaon.

Documentaries

- "The green line"(40 min), 1998.
- "Beyrouth, le dialogue des ruines". (52 min), 1993.
- "Défi à l'oubli" (1996–1997) La Direction Générale des Antiquités. 40 minutes réhabilitation du Musée National de Beyrouth.
- "Beyrouth dévoile ses trésors." (1997) produit par l'UNESCO Beyrouth
- “Kidnapped” (1998) Documentaire 52 min sur les 17 000 disparus de la guerre au Liban
- “Lebanon, messages from a holy land”(2000). Documentaire de 35 minutes
- “Les moissons de la mémoire” (2001) le Ministère de la Culture Un documentaire de 15 minutes sur les Archives Nationales
- “Cités d’Orient , Beyrouth“ (2003)
- "The Maameltein Bridge" (2006).

Prix et distinctions

Cinema

- "Fire Belt" (95 min)
Silver Pheasant Award, Kerala film festival (India), 2004
FIPRESCI Award (International Cinema Ciritcs Federation) Kerala film festival (India), 2004
Best female supporting actor : Julia Kassar, Carthage festival, Tunisia, 2004

Documentaries
- "Défi à l'oubli" (1997) Best documentary. Beirut film festival, 1997
- "Kidnapped" (1998) Prix CMCA. Best Mediterranean documentary, Palerma, Italy 1998

References

1. Booker, M. Keith (2005). Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: A-G. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-0-313-32939-5. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
2. Hammond, Andrew (25 October 2010). "Lebanese films show dysfunctional sectarian society". Reuters. Retrieved 22 June 2011.