Bahij Hojeij


Bahij Hojeij is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter, born in Zahle, Lebanon in 1948.

Selective filmography

Cinema

- "Ring of Fire"
- "Fire Belt", 2004
- "Here Comes the Rain", 2010
- "Good Morning" 2018

Television

- "Al Oumbachi"
TV series based on the work of Lebanese writer Maroun Abboud.
10 episodes of 50 minutes produced and broadcast by Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.
- “Beyrouth, Paris, Beyrouth”
About the Lebanese community in France during the civil war of Lebanon.

Documentaries

- "The Green Line", 1998.
- "Beyrouth, le dialogue des ruines"., 1993.
- "Défi à l'oubli" La Direction Générale des Antiquités. 40 minutes réhabilitation du Musée National de Beyrouth.
- "Beyrouth dévoile ses trésors." produit par l'UNESCO Beyrouth
- “Kidnapped” Documentaire 52 min sur les 17 000 disparus de la guerre au Liban
- “Lebanon, messages from a holy land”. Documentaire de 35 minutes
- “Les moissons de la mémoire” le Ministère de la Culture Un documentaire de 15 minutes sur les Archives Nationales
- “Cités d’Orient, Beyrouth“
- "The Maameltein Bridge".

Prix et distinctions

Cinema

- "Fire Belt"
Silver Pheasant Award, Kerala Film Festival, 2004
FIPRESCI Award Kerala Film Festival, 2004
Best female supporting actor : Julia Kassar, Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia, 2004
Documentaries
- "Défi à l'oubli" Best documentary. Beirut film festival, 1997
- "Kidnapped" Prix CMCA. Best Mediterranean documentary, Palerma, Italy 1998