Director – Dana’s Portrait

Jihad Saadé is a Lebanese filmmaker born in 1989 and a graduate of Notre Dame University. His graduation short All About Her won Best Student Film at the Barcelona International Film Festival.

He has worked extensively as a director and cinematographer on documentaries and fiction. His recent projects include Not Far from Here (2023) and Diaries from Lebanon, which screened at Berlinale 2024. His latest feature documentary, Shapes of Normal Human Beings, premiered at IFFR 2025.