Mira Shaib
Mira Shaib is a Lebanese filmmaker known for Arzé, which had its North America premiere in Tribeca and was Lebanon's submission to the List of submissions to the [97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film|97th Academy Award].
Education
Mira Shaib earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Television from the Lebanese American University in Beirut and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts from Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal. In October 2013 while at LAU, she directed a university production of Eugène Ionesco's The Lesson.Career
Mira Shaib is an alumnus of prestigious film development labs and residencies, including Robert Bosch Stiftung, where she attended the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Film Independent's Global Media Makers LA Residency, the Red Sea Lodge, and the Torino Film Lab. Her first feature film was among the first recipients of the Red Sea [Film Festival Foundation] Production Fund.Mira is the cofounder of Cinema For All, an arts initiative with a mission to make cinema accessible in rural Lebanon. The initiative was launched in 2019 in Ain Ebel with film-making workshops and outdoor screenings of Sophie Boutros' Mahbas and Cyril Aris's documentary feature The Swing.