Raghed Charabaty is a Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. His work includes short fiction films, animation, hybrid docs, and feature screenplays told through surrealist narratives. Raghed’s first film, ‘Alia’, received multiple prizes at the Toronto International Film Festival: Canada’s Top Ten, the Festival du Nouveau Cinema and the Starfish Art Award.
Since then, Raghed has written and directed multiple award-winning short films with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, as well as feature screenplays that revolve around desire, immigration and coming-of-age. As a synaesthete, Raghed's work often features magical realism, vibrant colors and intricate sound design. His films are part of the permanent collection at the NSCAD Anna Leonowens Art Gallery and the Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. He is the recipient of the 2018 SSHRC Award in Honour of Nelson Mandela.
Raghed holds a Masters in Film Production from York University (2019), as well as a BFA in Film with a Minor in Art History from NSCAD University. In 2020, Raghed co-founded IDRA Productions with fellow York graduate and talented filmmaker Atefeh Khademolreza to incubate original stories together.
Email: r.charabaty.ca@gmail.com
FILMOGRAPHY
- Amar (feature film / in development)
- Seven Hour Echo (fiction series / in development)
- Project Baba (mid-length doc / post-production / 2022)
- Aliens in Beirut (short / post-production / 2022)
- Plume: The Song of the Bluebird (short animation, 2021)
- Amber in the Mountains (short animation, 2020)
- Of Sand and Gold (hybrid fiction, 2019)
- Yasmine (short fiction, 2018)
- #Deema (short fiction, 2016)
- Alia (short fiction, 2015)
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