الحديقة السريّة (The Secret Garden)

Synopsis

The inhabitants of a city awake one morning to find that never-before-seen trees, plants and flowers have suddenly erupted throughout their streets and squares. Strange and mysterious events start taking place as Camelia and Nahla investigate the origin of these strange new creatures.

Biography and Films

Nour Ouayda is a filmmaker and film programmer who experiments with various forms of fiction writing in cinema. She is a member of The Camelia Committee, together with Carine Doumit and Mira Adoumier, and sits on the editorial committee of the Montreal-based online film journal Hors Champ. Between 2018 and 2023 she was deputy director at the Metropolis Cinema Association in Beirut where she managed and developed the Cinematheque Beirut project. Her films include Towards the Sun (2019), One Sea, 10 Seas (2019), I Was Grateful the Camera Tore Out My Camera's Microphone (2020) and Not All Things That Shine Are Beautiful (2022).