Sam Lahoud

Sam Lahoud is a scriptwriter, a director, a producer, a script consultant, and a lecturer in Film, Theater, and Media. He started his career in Film and Theater in 1994, and since then he has written, directed and produced Theater Plays, Films and Documentaries, which received many national and international recognition and awards; and his first feature film "Waynon" (Void) was the Lebanese official submission for the Academy Awards 2015 (Oscars) for Best Foreign Language Film. Sam is active in cross-cultural productions, and is permanently working on different film projects. Sam is the Founding Chair of Beirut Film Society and Producer at Berytus Production and AV Nation. Founder, Director of Beirut International Women Film Festival. Founder, Director of Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival. Founder, Director of Beirut Shorts International Film Festival Founder, Director of the NDU International Film Festival, winner of the 2015 Social Economic Award for Youth Empowerment. Founder and Program Director of the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada. Founder, Artistic Director of the Armenian Film Festival in Beirut (In Progess) Short Films Curator for HFPA Snow Leopard Award & Scholarship for Asian Middle East Countries. Short Films Programmer for Rabat International Author Film Festival. Artistic Consultant for Koura Cinema Days. Member of the National Film Committee at the Lebanese Ministry of Culture since 2014. Founding member of the Emile Chahine Foundation for Cinema Culture, and of Film Festivals Cinergy; Member of the Media Advisory Board of "Women Empowerment for Leadership" by Maharat Foundation. Member of the Academic Advisory Board of "Mentor Arabia". Member of the Advisory Board of MENA Media Fund by Visionaire Media. Board Member at the Silk Road Film Festival - Dublin, Ireland; Middle East representative at the Asian World Film Festival - Los Angeles, USA; previous board member at Monaco Charity Film Festival - Monaco from 2008 till 2012; serves as jury member in various local and international film festivals and competitions.