Rand Beiruty is a writer, director and co-founder of Shaghab Films, a production company based in Amman, Jordan. She holds a practice-based Ph.D. revolving around questions of representation and participatory filmmaking from Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Beiruty has pitched her projects on international platforms and received awards from Tribeca Film Institute, Mifa Animation du Monde, Arab Cinema Center and European Network of Young Cinema among others.

Her debut feature documentary TELL THEM ABOUT US was awarded best pitch at the Reception of German Film Schools and Haus Am See scholarship. The film celebrated its world premiere at CPH:DOX 2024 and received the ECFA Award for Best European Feature Documentary for Young Audience at the 64th Zlín International Film Festival. Her short animated documentary SHADOWS celebrated its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and won the World Animation Award at the Leeds International Film Festival.

Filmography (selection):
2024 SHADOWS – Animated documentary | 12’
2024 TELL THEM ABOUT US – Feature documentary
2018 NUDAR – Short documentary | 20’ | DE
2017 HALFWAY – Short animated documentary | 4’ | DE

Publications:
– Contribution to “Positions and Perspectives on Artistic Research in Film”, IJFMA No.1 GEECT – Transversal Entanglement, P118. (2022)
–“Towards a Participatory Approach: Reversing the Gaze when (re)presenting Refugees in nonfiction film”, International Journal of Film and Media Arts (2020)

Webseite: https://randbeiruty.com/

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