Marie Surae

Marie Surae is a director, screenwriter and producer. She started as a documentary filmmaker and switched to feature films. As a producer she filmed more than 100 documentaries for TV channels. In 2014 the short fiction film "The Last One" or "Sonuncu" produced by Maria was selected for the Official Competition of Short Films at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, it later participated in 87 film festivals and received 9 awards. In 2017 Maria directed the documentary about Syrian refugees "Fleeing the War". The film received a special award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the main Critics' Choice Award at the Stalker International Film Festival. In 2021 Maria finished her debut feature "The Anger" (a co-production between Lebanon and Germany). The star of French cinema, actress Manal Issa plays the lead role. The cinematographer is Tommaso Fiorilli. In the spring of 2021 Maria has started working on her next feature film under the working title "I'm not Lakit" which will be shot in Lebanon too. The cinematographer is Marius Panduru. In 2022 Maria finished her documentary "I'm not Lakit" which will be shot in Lebanon too. The cinematographer is Marius Panduru. In 2022 Maria finished documentary "10 and Virginia" with Marius Panduru as well. In addition to cinema, Maria is involved in social projects. She is the head of the Association of the CDKL5 mutation. She organized an exhibition of an artist with autism, she is involved in projects helping children with disabilities.