Created in January 2007 and managed by Sabine Sidawi Hamdan, Orjouane Productions specializes in the production of films (feature films and medium length) and documentaries. The company now regroups two producers who cover all aspects of production while working closely with different Lebanese and European filmmakers and technicians. Orjouane Productions develop its film projects, by searching for
local and international funding, as well as manage the entire preparation (casting, location….) and shooting of films in Lebanon and the Middle East. Since 2007, several films and documentaries have been produced and co-produced by Orjouane Productions:
• Yumna by Rania Rafei (Feature-‐Development)
• A Girl Made of Dust by Hiam Abbas (Feature–Development)
• Symphony of a Flood by Darine Hoteit (Feature-‐Development)
• Folktales of Palestine by Dahna Abu Rahme (Documentary–Development)
• Manivelle: Last days of the Man of Tomorrow by Fadi Baki (Short-Post-Production)
• Landscape at noon by Roy Samaha (Feature – Post-production)
• A Maid for Each by Maher Abi Samra (Documentary – 2016)
- Berlinale Forum (Peace Film Prize)
- Dubai Film Festival (Best Muhr Non-Fiction Feature Prize)
• 3000 Nights by Mai Masri (Feature – 2015)
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Busan International Film Festival
- London Film Festival - BFI
• Peur de Rien by Danielle Arbid (Feature – 2015)
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Festival Oeillade d’Albi – Prix Lumiere de la presse étrangère
• Une Histoire de Fou by Robert Guediguian (2015)
- Cannes Festival (Hors competition)
• The Ugly One by Eric Baudelaire (2013)
- Locarno International Film Festival (Official Selection)
- Dubai International Film Festival (Arabian Night)
• May in the Summer by Cherien Dabis (2013)
- Sundance Film Festival – (Opening Ceremony)
- La Biennale de Venise (Venice Days)
- BFI London Film Festival
- Dubai International Film Festival (Arab Muhr Competition)
• 74: The Reconstitution of a Struggle by Rania & Raed Rafei (2012)
- FIDMarseille - Distribution award
- DocLisboa
- RIDM (Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montreal)
• Beirut Hotel by Danielle Arbid (2011)
- Locarno International Film Festival (Official Selection)
- Festival des Films Francophones: Namur
- Dubai International Film Festival
• We were Communist by Maher Abi Samra (2010):
- La Biennale de Venise (Orizzonti)
- Abu Dhabi Film Festival: Black Pearl
• Pays Rêvé by Jihane Chouaib (2011)
• Everyday is a Holiday by Dima el Horr (2009)
- Rome Film Festival 2009 (Audience Prize)
The Company also handles the line production of certain feature lms
• Mahbas by Sophie Boutros (2016)
• Carlos by Olivier Assayas (2010)
• Melodrama Habibi by Hany Tamba (2008)
• A lost Man by Danielle Arbid (2007)
Orjouane Productions handles also the production of corporate and institutional documentaries
such as:
• “Portraits of Syrian” in the framework of a research conducted by CRI
(Consultation and Research Institute) for the World Bank (directed by Stephan
Bachenheimer) (October 2016 in post-production).
• “Video of the Candidates” for the Beirut Madinati Campaign for the Beirut
Municipal Elections 2016.
• “Civil Rights Campaign for civil marriage” for the Lebanese Center For Human
Rights. (2012)
Sabine Sidawi Hamdan has co-produced several feature films
• Yanoosak by Elie Khalife (2006)
• In The Battlefields by Danielle Arbid (2004)
• Zozo by Josef Fares (2005)
• Bonne à Vendre by Dima Al Joundi (2005)
Orjouane Productions is also distributing the DVD documentaries of Danielle Arbid
Theatrical Distribution
- ‘Dans les champs de bataille’ by Danielle Arbid
- ‘Nous étions communistes’ by Maher Abi Samra
- '74 (The reconstitution of a struggle) by Rania & Raed Rafei
- 'Makhdoumin' (A Maid For Each) by Maher Abi Samra
