SATURDAY 24/09 H. 22 – SALA SCALO AT NUOVO CINEMA NOSADELLA

Directed by Rita Baghdadi – USA/Lebanon, 2021
DOCUMENTARY, 78′

ARAB AND ENGLISH WITH ITALIAN AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Translated by Silvia Radicioni and Lucia Tralli

On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. Sirens is a gothic coming-of-age documentary.

Official Selection

2022 Sundance Film Festival

Regia Rita Baghdadi
Produzione Rita Baghdadi e Camilla Hall
Direzione della fotografia Rita Baghdadi
Montaggio Grace Zahrah
Suono Tatiana el Dahdah

Director, producer and cinematographer

Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy award-winning documentary film director, producer and cinematographer. Known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven films, Rita’s third feature documentary SIRENS premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest.
Rita earned a B.A in Film from Columbia College Chicago where she graduated with honors. Before going to film school, she was a champion horse jumper. Today, outside of her work as a director, Rita is a frequent speaker and active mentor dedicated to empowering women of color to tell their own stories through documentary filmmaking.

Rita is a co-founder of Lady & Bird Films. Their latest film SUBJECT, a documentary unpacking the ethics of commercial documentary filmmaking, premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.