Souraya Mon Amour

  • Director

    Nicolas Khoury

  • Producers

    Jana Wehbe

  • Year

    2025

  • Country

    Lebanon, Qatar

  • Runtime

    77 min

  • Original Language

    Arabic, French

  • Genre

    Doc

  • Synopsis

    As dancer and actress Souraya Baghdadi revisits her life with her late husband filmmaker Maroun Baghdadi through archival whispers and tender introspection, she uncovers the haunting beauty of love that persists even in the silence of absence.

Nicolas Khoury
Nicolas Khoury is an independent filmmaker based in Beirut, Lebanon. His work spans a range of award-winning independent films between short, medium-length and feature documentaries. His short documentary Resonances received the Best Short Documentary award at It’s All True (Brazil, 2018) and the Tanit d’Or at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC, Tunis, 2018). In 2021, his first feature-length documentary, Fiasco, premiered at CPH:DOX and went on to screen at over 15 international festivals, winning two awards at the Cairo International Film Festival. Driven by a deep interest in personal narratives and unconventional storytelling, Khoury’s work often explores the intersection of memory, identity, and socio-political reality.
Nicolas is as well an experienced film editor with over 15 years of practice in the field. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with a wide range of filmmakers on diverse projects.

Filmography
“Fiasco”, Documentary (70min), 2021
A city and a woman Documentary (13min) – 2020
Resonances Documentary (30min) – 2017
Beirut of the Balkans Documentary (53min)– 2015
Al Hara Documentary (46min) – 2012

Cairo International Film Festival,  Egypt – Best Documentary Award

Written and Directed by
Nicolas Khoury
With
Souraya Baghdadi
Written in collaboration with
Souraya Baghdadi
And the letters of Maroun Baghdadi
Produced By
Jana Wehbe – The Attic Production
Production Associates
Elie Kamal Lama Sawaya
Co-produced by
Aya Blouchi Marine Vaillant Souraya Baghdadi
Editor
Cherine Debs
Cinematographer
Alain Donio
Sound Designer
Lama Sawaya – DB Studios
Colorist
Belal Hibri – LUCID
This Project Took Part in
IDFA Academy, Amman Industry Days (Amman Film Festival), Cinemed (Pitching Cinemed x Aflamuna), Qumra (Doha Film Institute)
With The Support of
Doha Film Institute – The Arab Fund For Arts And Culture (Afac) – Culture Resource (Mawred)