About
Samer NAJARI (1976, Russia) was born in Moscow to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. He began his studies in architecture at the University of Damascus at the age of 18. Since immigrating to Canada in 1994, he has completed a BFA in Film Production at Concordia University. In 2001 he took part in a two-year residency at the Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France. Since his return to Canada, Samer Najari has directed two internationally acclaimed short films. Arwad is his first feature-length film and is co-directed by Dominique Chila.
Filmography
Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky2024 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
Memory is a Dying Horse2021 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
How far this road take us?2021 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound
Arwad2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees2009 · Writer, Director
Le petit oiseau va sortir2006 · Director, Writer, Editor
Nous irons à la plage, tu feras une sieste, je compterai les nuages2002 · Director of Photography, Editor
Chrysanthème2000 · Production Assistant