Cinematography: Joe Saade

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Joe Saade. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Joyland

2022 · Movie · 126 min. · Pakistan

Direction Saim Sadiq

Cast Ali Junejo · Alina Khan · Rasti Farooq · Sarwat Gilani

Plot A patriarchal family as they yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, while their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls...

7.0

797 votes

7.0

797 votes

The Workers Cup

2017 · Documentary · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Adam Sobel

Plot In Qatar, millions of guest workers from countries such as India, Kenya, Nepal and Ghana are working on the construction of the stadiums that will be the venues for the...

6.7

30 votes

6.7

30 votes

Costa Brava, Lebanon

2021 · Movie · 106 min. · Lebanon

Direction Mounia Akl

Cast Nadine Labaki · Yumna Marwan · Saleh Bakri · Nadia Chancel

Plot A couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.

6.5

115 votes

6.5

115 votes

Submarine (S)

2016 · Movie · 21 min. · Lebanon

Direction Mounia Akl

Cast Yumna Marwan · Julian Farhat · Adel Chahine · Angelique Kazan

Plot Under the imminent threat of Lebanon's garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home.

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Underdown

2018 · Documentary · 72 min. · Lebanon

Direction Sarah Kaskas

Plot In the concrete jungle that is Beirut, Lebanon, the outspoken taxi driver Abu Hussam is doing his best to survive. His dream is to find a roof above his head....

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Broken Keys

2021 · Movie · 90 min. · Lebanon

Direction Jimmy Keyrouz

Cast Adel Karam · Sara Abi Kanaan · Tarek Yaacoub · Hassan Mrad

Plot A pianist tries to escape his persecuted Middle-eastern town where modern ways of living and music have been banned by an extremist group.

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The President’s Visit (S)

2017 · Movie · 19 min. · Lebanon

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Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

2023 · Documentary · 85 min. · Lebanon

Direction Cyril Aris

Cast Saleh Bakri · Mounia Akl · Nadia Chancel · Nadine Labaki

Plot A catastrophic explosion in the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, devastated not only a large part of the Lebanese capital, but also what remained of its inhabitants’ hopes...

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