Lana Daher

Lana Daher is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in Beirut, Lebanon. With a background in Fine Arts and Graphic Design (BFA, American University of Beirut) as well as Filmmaking (MA, Goldsmiths, University of London), she has long been active in Beirut’s vibrant art and music scenes, working across sound, image, and archival practices.

Her work is grounded in deep research and intuitive storytelling, exploring the space between documentary and fiction by bringing different time periods and emotional landscapes into dialogue.

Do You Love Me is her debut feature, an archive-based essay film built from Lebanon’s rich but fragmented audiovisual history. An IDFAcademy alumna, Lana also co-produced the film through her company My Little Films, founded in 2024.

Selected movie

Lana Daher

2025 /
75 min /
France
Lebanon
Germany
Qatar

Do You Love Me is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of footage recovered from more than 20,000 archival sources. It is a love letter to Beirut that spans 70 years of cinema, television, home videos, and photography, exploring the Lebanese collective psyche, shaped by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss

 

Thursday the 14th (18:30h) Editing ‘Do You Love Me’ with Qutaiba Barhamji.
Thursday the 14th (20:00h) The screening will be followed by a concert by Mar Pujol.