International Premiere

Snake Hill

Filmmaker Joëlle and husband Melhem return home for permaculture. With herpetologist Rami's support facing snakes, she finds her true mission: pesticide devastation. 

SYNOPSIS

Joëlle, a filmmaker, returns to her native country with her husband Melhem to launch a permaculture project. With the support of her herpetologist friend Rami, she confronts her fear of snakes. However, she quickly realizes that her true mission begins when she discovers that the neighboring lands are devastated by pesticides.

Theme(s): , Agriculture, Ecology

DETAILS

Director | , Joëlle Abou Chabké
Year | , 2024
Country | , Lebanon
Duration | 25 minutes
Original language | , Arabic
Subtitles | , French
Image | Jihad Saade
Sound | Fadi Tabet
Sound mixing | Raghid Jureidini
Editing | Ali Dalloul

DIRECTOR

Photo

Joëlle Abou Chabké

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Joëlle Abou Chabké is a Lebanese filmmaker holding a master's degree in cinema from the Academy of Fine Arts and a master's degree in documentary filmmaking from the University of Paris. Since 2008, she has worked as a director, cinematographer, and sound recordist on films such as Counting Tiles, We Are Inside, and You Don’t Die Two Times.

Among her independent short films are Pas de ports pour les petits bateaux (Silver Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival and best international short film at the Cinéma sous les étoiles Québec festival) and Aller-retour (2nd prize at the Regard Indépendant Nice festival). She recently directed the documentary series Victims and Heroes for Al-Jazeera 360 and completed her short film Snake Hill.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1 | 

15 July 2025 pm31 21h00

Parc Médéric-Martin 

This film is included in screening Les oiseaux de nuit + Snake Hill

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