Akram Zaatari

Akram Zaatari
Film director, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Akram Zaatari was born in Sidon, Lebanon in 1966. His work is tied to the practice of fieldwork and of collecting. Zaatari is deeply invested in researching photographic practices in the Middle East, examining how photographic records serve to shape notions of aesthetics, postures and social codes. He has made over forty videos including Nature Morte (2008), In This House (2005), This Day (2003) and All Is Well on the Border (1997).

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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