So Cool

Arab Short Films

So Cool

Director:
Marilyne Naaman

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

Year:
2022

Duration:
13 minutes

Rating:
18+

Screenplay: Marilyne Naaman, Lynn Tawilé

Cast: Marilyne Naaman, Pio Chihane

Cinematography: Rachelle Noja

Editing: Ornella Maalouf

Production: Mohamad Sammak

Awards: - Best national film - Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (2022) - Audience award - Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (2022) - Best student film – Beirut Shorts International Film Festival (2022) - Best director - Diyarbakir International Short Film Festival (2022)

Début Status: Jordanian Première

Synopsis

In a corner of one of Beirut’ streets, Nathalie is closing the bar where she works to welcome her boyfriend, Amin. It is an important night for the couple. They're going to celebrate him getting the role or his life in a huge feature film. But little did Nathalie know that Amin is also coming with small news that would turn their night upside down.

Director’s biography

Marilyne Naaman is a Lebanese actress and singer, born in 1998 in Beirut. She studied audio-visual cinema at Notre-Dame University (Lebanon), then pursued in 2019 the international intensive workshop of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart (Germany), specialized in directing, writing and acting. Naaman has taken various roles in local and international short films and mainly in series now playing on SHAHID and NETFLIX. Recently, she played the lead role in a feature film called La Nuit Du Verre D’eau next to the French icon actress Nathalie Baye, directed by Lebanese-French director Carlos Chahine. Marilyne Naaman started her musical career in 2020 and in 2023, she participated in the international-french TV program, The Voice, on TF1.