Samer Najari
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2024Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky
Director & Screenplay
2021Memory is a Dying Horse
Director
2021How far this road take us?
Director
2013Arwad
Director & Writer
2009Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
Director & Writer
2006Le petit oiseau va sortir
Director & Writer
2002Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages
Director