38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Hizz Ya Wizz
FranceLebanon
2004 Fiction 26 min
Ali is from a humble family in Southern Lebanon. He lives in Beirut and works as a sport photographer's assistant. He falls in love with a young woman he sees competing at an equestrian event, and ,not knowing how to approach her, asks his sister for advice. She suggests he write her a poem...
With : Raed Yassine, Peter Semaan, Cherine Debs, Darina El Joundi, Ali Diab, Leila Hakim
Screenplay : Wissam Charaf
Image : Gertrude Baillot
Sound : Olivier Hespel
Editing : Vincent Coste
Production : Aurora Films // 9 Cité Paradis, 75010 Paris, France // Tel : +33 (0) 1 47 70 43 01 / Fax : +33 (0) 1 47 70 43 91 // Email : aurora-films@noos.fr
Co-production : Né à Beyrouth
Wissam Charaf was born in Beirut in 1973. From 1990 to 1993 he worked for Lebanese and foreign radio and TV channels, than as a video editor till moving to Paris in 1998.Since then, he has worked as a cameraman, assistant director, editor and even screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for Hizz Ya Wizz, his first short film, in 2002 and directed it in 2004.