Cindy Chehab is a Dublin-based Lebanese filmmaker, film curator, and researcher working in the field of film heritage. Her work focuses on the identity of the SWANA region. Through an ethno-biographical film practice, she explores the notion of the "absent archive" and the mechanisms of erasure in relation to image-making.
In 2022, she co-founded a film and image culture space in Nicosia, Cyprus, a film club dedicated to critical engagement with documentary film culture.
She currently works as an archive researcher and producer on documentary projects across Europe. In 2026, she was selected to participate in EURODOC MED. In July 2026, she completed the Création en Urgence residency in Lesvos, Greece, where she participated as a curator and collaborated with the local community through artistic and cultural practices. She is currently an Artist in Residence at A4 Sounds Studio in Dublin as part of the WOWE programme.
Cindy was selected as the Spotlight Director for the second edition of Here and Elsewhere film festival, which took place between Beirut and Rome, and received grassroots funding to support the development of her film in progress.
She holds a master's degree in Film Heritage and Cultures, completed across Brussels, Lisbon, Dublin, and Tallinn as part of the first edition of the FilmMemory programme.
In 2022, she co-founded a film and image culture space in Nicosia, Cyprus, a film club dedicated to critical engagement with documentary film culture.
She currently works as an archive researcher and producer on documentary projects across Europe. In 2026, she was selected to participate in EURODOC MED. In July 2026, she completed the Création en Urgence residency in Lesvos, Greece, where she participated as a curator and collaborated with the local community through artistic and cultural practices. She is currently an Artist in Residence at A4 Sounds Studio in Dublin as part of the WOWE programme.
Cindy was selected as the Spotlight Director for the second edition of Here and Elsewhere film festival, which took place between Beirut and Rome, and received grassroots funding to support the development of her film in progress.
She holds a master's degree in Film Heritage and Cultures, completed across Brussels, Lisbon, Dublin, and Tallinn as part of the first edition of the FilmMemory programme.