DIRECTOR BIO
Raghed (Ray) Charabaty is a filmmaker based in Toronto. Charabaty’s films have won at TIFF: Canada’s Top Ten, Festival du Nouveau Cinema and the Starfish Awards.
Charabaty is an alumnus of the CFC Director's Lab 2023 (Canadian Film Centre). Raghed holds an MFA in Film from York University (2019) and a BFA with a minor in Art History from NSCAD U. Charabaty is a two-time fellow of the Netflix-Banff Pitch Program, as well as the BIPOC TV&Film x WarnerBros: Episodic Drama Writers Lab 2022.
Raghed is a recipient of the prestigious SSHRC Award in Honour of Nelson Mandela. Their work can also be found at the Anna Leonowens and SMU Art Galleries, and has been featured in Canadian Art Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, and Tribe Photo Magazine. Originally from Lebanon, Charabaty is also fluent in French and Arabic.
Contact
Email: r.charabaty.ca@gmail.com
FILM PRIZES
ALIA (2015)
• Toronto International Film Festival: Canada’s Top Ten 2016 – Best Student Short Film: Runner-Up
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2015 – Best Student Short Film, National Competition
• Starfish Student Art Award 2015 – Winner
A LETTER FROM THE ASHES (2023)
• Nominated for Best Canadian Short (Inside Out Film Festival 2023)
YASMINE (2017)
• Lebanese International Short Film Festival 2017 - Best Cinematography
AMBER IN THE MOUNTAINS (2020)
• Golden Lenses Award 2020 - Best Animation
PANELS
• Panelist - JHI Patching Seas of War Exhibition & Symposium:
'To Carve a Mountain' - Raghed Charabaty & Dr. Dina Georges
'To Carve a Mountain' - Raghed Charabaty & Dr. Dina Georges
• Panelist - SING! Festival, Animator on 'Overgrown' (Cai Scott-Grimes) 2022 & 2023
• Panelist - Reelworld FIlm Festival, Sound Designer on ‘Comb Sister’ (Atefeh Khademolreza) 2021
• Panelist - Saint Mary's Art Gallery 2016,
‘Disoriented’: Featured Filmmaker ('Alia') alongside Jamelie Hassan
‘Disoriented’: Featured Filmmaker ('Alia') alongside Jamelie Hassan
AWARDS
• SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Award in Honour of Nelson Mandela (2018)
• SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Award (2017)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Award (2018)
• York University Graduate Fellowship (2018 & 2019)
• Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence (2016)
work in PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
• 'Alia' (2015) - NSCAD University, Anna Leonowens Gallery – Halifax, Canada
• 'Alia' (2015) - Saint Mary's University Art Gallery – Halifax, Canada
• Screenwriting and Story Coordination: Final Draft
• Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut)
• Sound Design & Mix: Adobe Audition, Logic Pro
• 2D Animation & Graphic Design: Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Coloring: DaVinci Resolve
• Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut)
• Sound Design & Mix: Adobe Audition, Logic Pro
• 2D Animation & Graphic Design: Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Coloring: DaVinci Resolve
SELECT PRESS
CANADIAN ART
+ Creative Futures: The Graduates (2017)
+ Creative Futures: The Graduates (2017)
SSHRC NEWS
+ Grad Students receive Nelson Mandela Distinction (2017)
+ Grad Students receive Nelson Mandela Distinction (2017)
FILMOGRAPHY
• Men on the Moon - short fiction, 2024 (coming soon)
• Aliens in Beirut - short fiction, 2024 (coming soon)
• A Letter from the Ashes – short doc, 2023
• Project Baba – mid-length doc, 2022
• Plume – short animation, 2021
• Amber in the Mountains – short animation, 2020
• Of Sand & Gold – mid-length doc, 2019
• Yasmine – short fiction, 2017
• Deema – short fiction, 2016
• Alia – short fiction, 2015