SNAKE HILL - تلّة الحيّات

Short Creative Documentary - 25 min - 2024

Joëlle, a filmmaker, returns to her homeland with her husband Melhem to start a permaculture project. With the support of her herpetologist friend Rami, she tackles her fear of snakes. However, she soon realizes her real mission begins when she discovers the neighboring lands are being devastated by pesticides.

In the framework of the project: BIODIVERSITY AND CINEMA
Written and Directed by Joëlle Abou Chabké
Director of photography: Jihad Saade
Sound recordist: Fadi Tabet
Editor: Ali J. Dalloul
Coloring: Ziad Malla (Dedica post)
Sound design: Raghid Jureidini
Graphics: Amy Chiniara
Production coordinator: Nour Jarrous

Festivals:

  • REEF - Rural Encounters on Environment and Films - Lebanon 2024

  • Between women filmmakers’ caravan - Tripoli Lebanon 2024

  • 19e Écrans du réel | شاشات الواقع | Doc SCREENS - Metropolis Beirut 2025

  • Gabes Cinema Fen - Tunisia - Cineterre section - 2025

  • Les Nuits Med - Corsica France - Official Selection 2025

  • Fidadoc - Agadir Morocco - Official Selection 2025

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