BackLana Daher & Qutaiba Barhamji
Lana Daher is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist based in Beirut. With a background in fine arts and graphic design (BFA, American University of Beirut) as well as filmmaking (MA, Goldsmiths, University of London), she has long been active in Beirut’s vibrant art and music scenes, working across sound, image, and archival practices. Her work is grounded in deep research and intuitive storytelling, exploring the space between documentary and fiction by bringing different time periods and emotional landscapes into dialogue. Do You Love Me is her debut feature. Alongside the film, she created a website (www.doyouloveme.film), a curated index of the resources and materials behind the project, aimed at reconnecHng Lebanese film heritage with both local and wider audiences.
Qutaiba Barhamji, born in Damascus, Qutaiba Barhamji is a director and film editor. He has edited more than sixty films in twenty-two languages, including The Voice of Hinda Rajab (Silver Lion, Venice 2025) and Four Daughters (Les Filles d’Olfa, Official Competition Cannes, Oscars 2023) by Kaouther Ben Hania, Do You Love Me (Venice 2025) by Lana Daher, as well as Smoke Sauna Sisterhood by Anna Hints (Best Documentary at the European Film Awards, Best Direction at Sundance 2023). He also edited How to Save a Dead Friend (Cannes 2022), Litle Palestine, Diary of a Siege (Cannes 2021), and Still Recording (Grand Prize, CriHcs’ Week, Venice 2018). As a director, he is the author of Gevar’s Land (2020, SCAM Star 2022, Cinéma du Réel, IDFA) and the short film Wardé (Arte, 2016).
