TALK TO ME
Film - Program 6 Filmfest 2022

TALK TO ME

Directed by Ribal Chedid

Info

Director: Ribal Chedid
Section: Program 6
Country: Lebanon
Year: 2022
OT: ABWAB (أبواب)
Language: Arabic
Version: Original Version with English subtitles
Cast: Fadi Abi Samra, Ribal Chedid, Nina Chedid
18+

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Logline

TALK TO ME

Rawad refuses to communicate with his father, Farid. He’s closed himself off. Farid responds by locking himself in Rawad’s room so that he can search it. There’s a very fine line between justified concern and meddling mistrust. The situation escalates, and the two sides seem to have dug in. Or will a door eventually open between them?



  • Duration: 21 min.

Meet the director

TALK TO ME

Ribal Chedid

Ribal Chedid, born in Beirut in 1999, is a Lebanese filmmaker and film editor. He directed several short films as a student at the Institute For Scenic, Audiovisual And Cinematographic Studies Of Saint-Joseph University Of Beirut. His narrative interests include family dramas and the portrayal of dysfunctional family relationships, as is seen in his graduation film, TALK TO ME. Chedid has also been an editor at the university’s student journal and a video editor at “plastik”, a creative studio and arts magazine based in New York and Beirut. He began working on a master’s degree in film at the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne in winter semester 2022/23.

Credits

Screenplay: Ribal Chedid
Director of Photography: Tony Keyrouz
Film Editor: Ribal Chedid
Sound: Leah Haddad
Sound design: John Paul Jalwan
Producer: Ribal Chedid
Production Company: Institute For Scenic, Audiovisual And Cinematographic Studies Of Saint-Joseph University Of Beirut