Samer Najari

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Samer Najari (born 1976) is a Canadian filmmaker, who works predominantly but not exclusively with his wife Dominique Chila. [1] They are most noted for their 2013 feature film Arwad . [2]

Born in Moscow to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother, Najari moved to Canada in 1994. [1] His 2009 short film Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers), won the AQCC award for Best Short Film (Fiction) at the 2010 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, [3] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 12th Jutra Awards. [4]

Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky (Rituels sous un ciel écarlate), his 2024 short film directed with Chila, was a finalist for the short films category at the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, [5] and received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Michael Rosser, "Tiger directors: Samer Najari & Dominique Chila, Arwad". Screen Daily , January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Arwad: l'amertume de la perte, la douceur de l'intégration". La Presse , February 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois: Un prix pour La Donation". Le Nouvelliste , March 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse , February 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les finalistes du 14e PCCQ". Films du Québec, January 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux Prix IRIS 2025". CTVM, October 8, 2025.
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