Cindy Chehab

































FilmSeated Roots (2021)
Seated Roots is a creative documentary that establishes the relationship of the young generation with the city of beirut from an anthropological level. The film was premiered at the Arab short film festival winning the jury Prize, and was screened at the Ecran du réel Festival, the European FF in Beirut and kask Cinéma festival in Belgium.

Seated Roots
العودة إلى الجذور المرئية
Documentary, 15, Beirut, Lebanon


Film
A breather on the pavement of strangers (2022)

A Breather on the Pavement of strangers is a documentary merging the intimate with the political, centered around stories of people from the island of Cyprus questioning their belonging and identity.
The project was collaboratively produced with the community after a series of workshops conducted by Cindy Chehab as part of a 6 months Artist residency hosted by Sharq.Org.

A breather on the pavement of strangers
Artist Residency, Documentary
Larnaca, Cyprus




Artist Residency, Visual installation
On the fringes of a burning memory (2023)

On the fringes of a burning memory is a hauntological audiovisual exploration into memory, space, and time, in relation to excessive consumption habits of the modern image in a saturated social media sphere.

This project was developed as part of the 2022 edition of the Virtual Collaborative Program for Emerging Artists, presented by Exit 11 Performing Arts Company. It is presented as part of Exit 11’s exhibition, Peripheries.

On the fringes of a burning memory
على
هامش ذاكرة مشتعلة

Artist Residency, Visual installation
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2023

Link: https://www.exit11arts.com/peripheries/
Artist ResidencyPrimanima festival (2023)
"Where Do We Go with All This Love" is a visual installation featured in an exhibition in Budaörs, Hungary, as part of a one-week contemporary animation collage residency.



Curational work / Collaboration
Nicosia Cineclub (2022-2024)
Cinema collective in Nicosia, Cyprus, Curated by Cindy Chehab and Nuné Tunjikian.
2022 - 2024, Cyprus


The cineclub is a community-based collective that would bring all cinephiles and film culture enthusiasts under one roof, delivering bi-weekly screenings based on the themes we offer, and events that bring local filmmakers in to make the film heritage worthwhile. Co-Curated by Cindy Chehab and Nuné Tunjikian, the screenings take place at a social space in the Heart of Nicosia.

Intimacy, Film, and Politics (2023)
in collaboration with Artist Andriana Lagoudes
Memory, Film and Trauma (2024)
in collaboration with Artist Alexandros Pissourios.

Link:  https://www.instagram.com/ncineclub?igsh=MmI2N2RzeWtsamM3


Queer Wave is the Cyprus LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Submission Viewer - Short films
Queer Wave: Cyprus LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
2023, Cyprus



Submission Viewer, Program Curator, April 2024, Cyprus

INDAF Independent Film Festival is an artist-led independent film festival that showcases emerging and established filmmakers by screening feature, mid-length, and short films and organizing other parallel activities in a polymorphic 3-day program. INDAF Film Festival 2024 will take place between 26-28/04/2024 on the island of Cyprus. 
In this year's special section, the festival support films from (SWANA) Northwest Asia and North Africa region. The Indaf Film Festival will take place from 26-28 of April. 

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Video work
Don't Forget To Water The Plants
A Performance Installation

September 2022, Πρόγραμμα ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΥΠΠΑΝ

Concept/Text/Choreography Annie Khoury
Performing Panayiotis Tofi  / Annie Khoury
Set Design Elena Kotasvili / Alexis Vayianos
Mentoring Fotis Nicolaou
Set Design Assistant Raf Tsiakli
Costumes/Sound Design Annie Khoury
Booklet Elena Kotasvili / Annie Khoury
Graphics/Communication Annie Khoury
Video Documentation Cindy Chehab
Set Construction George Christianopoulos 

Ευχαριστούμε Παναγιώτη Μήνά για τις 'PYGOLAMBIDES' σου, που ακούστηκαν στην performance, ευχαριστούμε KISA Metalworks, Άντρια Ζένιου, Κωνσταντίνα Αντρέου και Home4Cooperation για την υποστήριξη.

Stunning Photography by Demetris Loutsios

The duo ichomagnetic thoughts (Antonia Kattou & Stelios Antoniou) unfold a platform titled ‘ichomagnetics’ that will engage in transdisciplinary interactions and happenings. Their first event 22° halo is co-curated with Nicola Mitropoulou.

Sound
ichomagnetic thoughts, George Bizios, Jörg Holland, mystiki fleva (Antonia Kattou), Stelios Antoniou

Visuals
Orestis Telemachou, Khaled Khalifa, Ioanna Economidou, Nicola Mitropoulou
Photos: Antonia Maria
Video documentation: Cindy Chehab
 22° Halo Ichomagnetics at sesssssions 
Nicosia, Cyprus, 2023


Don't Forget To Water The Plants
A Performance Installation
Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022
Photography
Pictures shot between 2022 and 2024 on 35mm.
Between the island of Cyprus, Lebanon, Hungary and France.

©cindychehab2024