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'Waves '98' is a 2015 animated, live-action short film written and directed by Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ely Dagher. It was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html Festival De Cannes | AWARDS - Short Film Palme dor]

Plot



Omar is a high-school student living in the northern suburbs of Beirut in the late 1990s.Waves '98 | IMDB Plot Summary | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4516050/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depths of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality that he eventually finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.

The Arab Fund of Arts And Culture | Grantee News | http://www.arabculturefund.org/bulletin/article.php?genre=2&id=621#.VUXrA62qqko The film is a meditation on Dagher's relationship to Beirut, his hometown, since he has left it for Brussels.FIRST LOOK: Trailer for Ely Daghers Palme DOr Nominated Lebanese Short Film Waves 98 | 35mm From Beirut | http://35mmfrombeirut.com/relevant/waves98-trailer-ely-dagher-cannes-film-fesitval-palme-dor/

Awards



*Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Palme d'Or (2015) - 'Won'

Reception



'Waves '98' is the first Lebanese film in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since Maroun Baghdadi won the Jury Prize for 'Out of Life' in 1991.Waves 98: The Lebanese Short Film Nominated For A Palme DOr At Cannes 2015 | http://stateofmind13.com/2015/04/28/waves-98-the-lebanese-short-film-nominated-for-a-palme-dor-at-cannes-2015/

The film was shortlisted as one of 8 from a list of 4550 short film submissions. The film was awarded the Short Film Palme d'Or by Abderrahmane Sissako in a ceremony on May 24, 2015.Waves 98: A Lebanese Short Movie Running For The Palme dOr At Cannes Festival | BlogBaladi | http://blogbaladi.com/waves-98-a-lebanese-short-movie-running-for-the-palme-dor-at-cannes-festival/

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