Karim Kassem
Born and raised in Beirut, Karim is an award-winning filmmaker working primarily between New York and Lebanon on films, music videos, and commercials. His artistic exploration began with music. Since moving to New York in 2012, he has independently studied metaphysics and completed his debut feature film Only The Winds (2020). More recently, he survived the massive explosion that devastated part of Beirut. This experience inspired his second feature film, Octopus, which won Best Film at IDFA in 2021 and received a Special Jury Mention at ZagrebDox in 2022. His third feature film, completing a trilogy, Thiiird (2022), won Best Film at Beldocs in 2023. His fourth feature, Moondove (2024), was selected for the VdR Rough Cut Lab, Aflamuna Connection, and was supported by the IDFA Bertha Fund, the Red Sea Fund, AFAC, and the Doha Film Institute. His fifth (Sunset Yellow) and sixth feature films (Before Now, Later) are both in development.
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Octopus
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_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
Octopus
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_Octopus_ surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying ...
