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Waves '98
Waves '98
	Film poster
Directed by	Ely Dagher
Written by	Ely Dagher
Produced by	Ely Dagher
Music by	Matthew Wilcock
Animation by	Ely Dagher; Laure Escafadals; Chadi Aoun
Release date	May 2015;
Running time	15 minutes
Countries	Lebanon ; Qatar
Language	Arabic

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.^[1]

Plot

Omar is a high-school student living in the northern suburbs of Beirut in the late 1990s.^[2] 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. ^[3] The film is a meditation on Dagher's relationship to Beirut, his hometown, since he has left it for Brussels.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]