He studied Agricultural Engineering at the American University of Beirut before turning to video and arts with a residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and a post-diploma of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris,[1] Ziad Antar’s short films evoke a world in conflict through a playful tone.
[2] In the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon War, Ziad Antar produced a short film entitled La Marche Turque.
The image shows the hands of a pianist playing Mozart’s partition, while the sound is hammered, reminding the one of bombings.
[3] In 2002, Antar had directed a documentary film devoted to his mentor, the photographer Jean-Luc Moulène.
[5] One of the photographs depict Walid Jumblatt and supposedly evokes the danger the Lebanese Druze leader faces after having criticized Hezbollah and the Syrian government.