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‘Robbing Beirut’, ‘Guria’ & ‘Saria Othman Needs No Man’ Scoop Top Prizes At Red Sea Project Market


‘Robbing Beirut’, ‘Guria’ & ‘Saria Othman Needs No Man’ Scoop Top Prize At Red Sea Project Market

Set against the backdrop of a wave of suicide attacks on public buildings in Kabul, Tahmin a revolves around a woman, who is secretly a Persian goddess from the Hindu Kush Mountains and has a special power for locating body parts and bringing victims back to life. In other awards, Lebanese director Estephan Khattar scooped the top $10,000 SeriesLab Jury prize for Saria Othman Needs No Man about a 46-year-old woman who secretly enrols in an acting school, where most the students are more than half her age, to pursue her long-held dream of becoming an actress. The SeriesLab jury was made up of producer Diego Ramírez Schrempp (Narcos, One Hundred Years Of Solitude), Channel Zero Studios head Jennifer Chen and Lebanese screenwriter and creativity coach Nadia Tabbara.

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