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Carmen Labaki

Documentary filmmaker · Producer · Journalist

Connection with Alex

Alex worked with Carmen Labaki on proposal development through his professional experience at Fantascope Production.

Work & recognition

Projects, programmes and milestones. Each entry explains its relationship and attribution.

4 entries

Collaboration · Professional experience

Proposal-development collaboration

Proposal development with Carmen Labaki in the context of Alex’s professional experience at Fantascope Production.

2025 · Museum screening · Museu da Imigração

Reencontro, sementes do cedro

The Museu da Imigração presented the film on 5 July 2025. Directed by Labaki and conceived and produced by Juliana Schuery, it follows a search for Lebanese family roots.

2005 · Film award · Dar El Nimer for Arts and Culture

Best Documentary · Armenians of Lebanon

Dar El Nimer’s published speaker biography records the Arpa International Film Festival award for Labaki’s documentary Armenians of Lebanon.

5 July 2025 · Museum screening · Museu da Imigração

Reencontro, sementes do cedro

São Paulo’s Museu da Imigração presented Reencontro, sementes do cedro, directed by Labaki and produced by Juliana Schuery, tracing Schuery’s search for Lebanese family roots.

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About & links

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Biography

Carmen Labaki is a Lebanese-Brazilian documentary director, producer and journalist. Her films examine cultural histories, migration and the connections between Lebanon and other parts of the world. Her work includes Armenians of Lebanon, the series Le monde au Liban and Reencontro, sementes do cedro, presented at São Paulo’s Museu da Imigração in 2025.

Approach & practice

In a 2024 conversation about Le monde au Liban, Labaki described a process grounded in interviews, library research and visits to the places her films explore. Personal testimony and emotional connection guide the way she brings cultural history to the screen.

Education & training · L’Orient-Le Jour

Audiovisual studies & television training

Studied audiovisual production at the Sorbonne and undertook professional training at France 2 and France 3.

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