Nocturne In Black

Lebanon/United States, 23 min, Alexa

In a war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.

Director: Jimmy Keyrouz
Writer(s): Jimmy Keyrouz
Producer(s): Felecia Hunter, Marc Fadel
Director of Photography: Ziad Chahoud
Editor(s): Jimmy Keyrouz

Cast: Tarek Yaacoub, Julian Farhat, Karim Zein, Rachid Slalom
Language: Arabic

Contact: Jimmy Keyrouz, jk3569@columbia.edu

About the Writer/Director

Jimmy Keyrouz has been passionate about filmmaking since childhood. After completing his undergraduate studies in Filmmaking in 2009, he directed music videos that were broadcast on TV. In 2012, he joined the Screenwriting/Directing MFA program at Columbia University School of the Arts. Jimmy recently graduated from Columbia with honors. He is currently working as a freelance director and editor in New York.

About the Producer

Felecia Hunter, an independent producer/screenwriter, holds a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She is the Executive Producer of two critically acclaimed shorts: Boneshaker and Afronauts. Both films have screened at over 20 festivals worldwide, including Sundance and Berlinale. She has produced nearly a dozen short films in the U.S. and the Middle East. Hunter currently resides in New York while she completes her MFA in Creative Producing at Columbia.