Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker and actress whose first feature documentary A TIME TO REST premiered at Visions du Réel-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.
Her second feature documentary DIARIES FROM LEBANON world premiered at the Berlinale’s Panorama section.
Additionally, Myriam teaches Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts.
she is a theatre actress.
She’s a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and she’s a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film — a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora.