Mira Shaib is a Lebanese filmmaker known for Arzé,[1] which had its North America premiere in Tribeca and was Lebanon's submission to the 97th Academy Award.
[2] Mira Shaib earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Television from the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts from Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal.
[3] In October 2013 while at LAU, she directed a university production of Eugène Ionesco's The Lesson.
[4] Mira Shaib is an alumnus of prestigious film development labs and residencies, including Robert Bosch Stiftung, where she attended the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg,[5] Film Independent's Global Media Makers LA Residency,[6] the Red Sea Lodge,[7] and the Torino Film Lab.
The initiative was launched in 2019 in Ain Ebel with film-making workshops and outdoor screenings of Sophie Boutros' Mahbas and Cyril Aris's documentary feature The Swing.