Carmen Labaki


Carmen Labaki is a Lebanese–Brazilian movie director and producer. Carmen Labaki was born in Beirut. She is the winner of the Best Documentary Film Award 2005 at the Arpa International Film Festival in Hollywood, run by Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art for Labaki directing and producing Armenians of Lebanon about the Armenian community in Lebanon.

Career

Besides Armenians of Lebanon, the dual Lebanese and Brazilian national is also the producer and director of many other documentaries including:
Carmen took part in casting candidates for Star Academy France and Star Academy Lebanon, and collaborated with the Middle East Broadcasting Center in casting candidates for various worldwide renowned programs in their Middle Eastern edition and directing the programs.
For three years, she was the news producer at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International.
She has also directed
At present, she is directing Sawtna, a UNICEF-financed TV program, supported by the Netherlands Government, putting ahead the youth's opinions about social, political and economical issues. Sawtna is shown weekly on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International since 2006.
Concurrently, she is the producer in Lebanon for Publicis Graphics and has her own Film Production House "LUMENS".