Jude Chehab(I)

Jude Chehab is a Lebanese-American filmmaker whose cinematic interests have drawn Jude to the exploration of the esoteric, the spiritual and the unspoken. A richly layered visual and intimate personal shooting style developed under the mentorship of Abbas Kiarostami's final student group. Jude has worked as a DP internationally, on films in Somalia, Sudan and Pakistan and has been credited in collaborations with the BBC, Hot Docs, and Sesame Street. Her work has been awarded fellowships through: CAAM, BGDM, NeXtDoc, Points North Institute, Firelight Media, Close-Up and Chicken & Egg. Jude's first feature documentary has been supported by: IDA, ITVS, TFI, and Sundance and went on to win the Albert Maysles award for Best New Documentary Director at Tribeca 2023. In 2021, Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.