Biography
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.
Directed
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Arwad (2013) — Director
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Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (2009) — Director
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Le petit oiseau va sortir (2006) — Director
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Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages (2002) — Director
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Memory is a Dying Horse (2021) — Director
- Un Goût amer d’éternité — Director
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How far this road take us? (2021) — Director
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Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky (2024) — Director
