104 Wrinkles by Hady Zaccak

Hady follows his grandmother Henriette as she ages and crosses the centenarian milestone to reach 104 years. He witnesses the transformation of her memory, her emigration from Lebanon to Brazil and the stories of love, children and suspended time. 104 Wrinkles is a journey about ageing, memory and life.

Hady Zaccak was born in 1974 in Beirut. He studied at IESAV film school (Institute d’Etudes Scéniques, Audiovisuelles et Cinématographiques, Saint-Joseph University-Beirut).
He obtained a degree in Audiovisual Studies in 1997 and a Masters Degree in Cinema Studies 2001.
He took part in workshops in film directing, editing and production at FEMIS-Paris (1996), INSAS-Brussels (1999), and HFF Konrad Wolf-Postdam (2007).

Between 1995 and 1996, he wrote a book about the global history of Lebanese Cinema. This book was published in French in 1997 under the title: Le cinéma libanais: itinéraire d’un cinéma vers l’inconnu (1929-1996) (Dar-el-Machreq-Beirut).
Since 1997, he wrote and directed more than 20 short films and documentaries, which have been produced and broadcasted by several Institutions, production houses and TV stations

In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Zaccak has been teaching at IESAV-USJ since 1998.

The film is followed by a Q&A with the director.

This screening is in partnership with Nadi Lekol Nas and part of the public program of the exhibition “Alcântara: The Travels of Dom Pedro II to the Arab World in 1871 and 1876” organised by Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon.

83 mins | 2016
Arabic with English subtitles