Ely Dagher

Ely Dagher received the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. He was born in Beirut and studied new media and contemporary art at Goldsmiths College in London, where he got his master with distinction in 2009. He completed a degree in art direction, illustration, and animation studies in 2007. Dagher's cross-media work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play among cultures, histories, and fictions.

Sundance Film Festival