Christophe KARABACHE
Réalisateur
Filmmaker
Christophe
KARABACHE
Films
Filmography/Releasing :
2025: City Exterminator (Fiction - 88' - 4K - CinemaGroup)
2024: Guerrilla Beirut (Fiction - 83' - CinemaGroup)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (SAMPA Sweden)
Zombie Cortex (Essay - 39' - UHD - CinemaGroup)
2023: Zaman Dark (Fiction - 93' - 4K - Hot Zones production)
Available on PRIME VIDEO - distributed by Filmhub and SMG
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE (BDFFF - New York State)
BEST FEATURE (Independent Horror - L.A)
BEST HORROR & THRILLER (WSXA Barcelona)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE (SSFF Massachusetts)
2021: Kalashnikov Society (Exp/Doc - 54' - 4K - CinemaGroup)
HONORABLE MENTION (Cine Pobre - Mexico)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY (IZDOC izmir - Turkey)
BEST MID-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ('Cinéma Vérité' Iran DOC)
Kamaloca (Fiction - 86' - 4K - CinemaGroup)
JURY PRIZE (TMBT London)
BEST FEATURE FILM (EIMFF - Moscow)
BEST POSTMODERN HORROR FEATURE (AFF - Kolkata)
BEST EDITING (Maverick Awards)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE (FICB Bayamon)
SHAWNA SPIRIT AWARD (SSFF USA)
JEAN-LUC GODARD AWARD/BEST CULT FILM (CCMA India)
BEST FILM (HORRIFIC Thailand)
2020: dream politik-19 (Short Experimental - 27' - HD - CinemaGroup)
BEST ALL ABOUT CITIES FILM (New Wave - Munich Germany)
PIGEON D'OR - Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards (Kolkata)
2019: Vortex (Fiction - 83' - 4K - CinemaGroup/Visiosfeir Production)
DIGITAL RELEASING in VOD - SMG/Shami Media Group (NY)
Available on Midnight Movie Society
BEST SCREENPLAY/ACTOR/ACTRESS (Montevideo Fantastico - Uruguay)
BEST "WTF" FILM (BDFFF - Buffalo Dreams, NY)
BEST DIRECTOR (annual ARFF Amsterdam)
BEST DIRECTOR (BANGIFF - Bangkok)
BEST SOUND DESIGN (Maverick Awards)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (NY Cinematography awards)
BEST EDITING/BEST SOUND DESIGN (BIMIFF Brazil)
BEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR FEATURE (SSFF - Massachusetts)
SPECIAL MENTION FEATURE FILM (HPFF Roma)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE (PEEPHOLE - Mexico)
2018: ultravoKal (Fiction - 93' - RED 6K - Dragway Productions)
INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION in VOD/DVD - SMG/Shami Media Group (New York) - on PRIME VIDEO
BEST FILM (SFAAF - Chile)
BEST NEO-WESTERN Film (AWFF - Spain)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE ( BINCIF - Brazil)
Special Mention "girls on the road" (Cine Detour/OTRFF - Roma)
BEST DIRECTOR (BPFF Barcelona)
MEJOR DIRECCION (FECIME - Mexico)
BEST SOUND DESIGN (Maverick Movie Awards)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (Ciudad de México)
INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION in VOD - SMG Shami Media Group (New York)
Available on AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
BEST DIRECTOR (WIIFA - Lithuania)
BEST FEATURE (TMBT - London)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE (Sydney world film festival)
BEST FEATURE - FEDERICO FELLINI AWARD (Amarcord - Chicago)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE (MIFVIF Maracay)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE (Montevideo WFF)
2016: Zeitgeist Protest (Fiction - 93' - HD - production and distribution by Visiosfeir and Cinema Group Film Foundation)
Released in movie theaters (France) april 19, 2017/SORTIE CINEMA (France) le 19 avril 2017
BEST FILM and BEST DIRECTOR (Euro Film Festival - España)
BEST UNDERGROUND FILM (CIFF - Arizona)
JURY AWARD (MedFF - Italy)
BEST SCREENPLAY (Amarcord - Chicago)
BEST DIRECTOR (Cult Critic India)
BEST EUROPE FILM (ECA - Amsterdam)
2015: Sadoum (Fiction - 96' - HD - production and distribution by Visiosfeir and Cinema Group Film Foundation)
Released in movie theaters (France) november 9, 2016/SORTIE EN SALLES (France) le 09 novembre 2016
ORSON WELLES AWARD (California FA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (ARFF BERLIN)
BRONZE AWARD (GIFA USA)
BEST FEATURE, JURY PRIZE, EDITING, ACTRESS (TMBT London)
BEST LGBT FILM/BEST FILM/nomination Golden Eagle (ECA - Warsaw)
New Blood : Chronique sauvage de Beyrouth (Fiction - 11' - HD)
BEST MOBILE FILM (Transilvania shorts 2016 Romania)
2014 : Lamia (Fiction – HD - 102' - production and distribution by Visiosfeir and Cinema Group Film Foundation)
Theatrical release (France) october 21th 2015/SORTIE AU CINEMA (en France) le 21 octobre 2015
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (Indie FF - Switzerland)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM (Sydney World Film Festival)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (Mongolia Film Fest)
2014 : Yaël et Sisra (Experimental – HD - 7’)
2013 : Dodgem (Fiction – HD - 96’ - production and distribution by Visiosfeir)
Released in movie theaters (France) march 26th 2014/SORTIE EN SALLES (en France) le 26 mars 2014
BEST POST-MODERN FILM/Golden Fox Award (CICFF - Kolkata)
2012 : Too Much Love Will Kill You (Fiction – HDV - 107’ - production by Cinémorphose; distribution by Visiosfeir)
Released in theaters (France) january 23rd 2013/SORTIE AU CINEMA (En France) le 23 janvier 2013
BEST Post-Modern Film (LIAFF India)
2011 : Ali is good for Jesus (Fiction – DV - 60’ - production by Cinémorphose)
2010 : Un drink à ta santé (Fiction – DV - 30’ - production by Le Nouveau Cinématographe)
2010 : Beirut Kamikaze (Documentary – DV - 59’ - production by Le Nouveau Cinématographe; distribution by Visiosfeir)
Released in theaters (Paris) november 16th 2011/SORTIE EN SALLE (Paris) le 16 novembre 2011
Available on DVD - Disponible en DVD édité par Visiosfeir
Best Experimental (FICOCC Venezuela)
2009 : Tout va mieux (Fiction – DV - 40’ - production by Cinémorphose)
2008 : Wadi Khaled (Documentary – Super 8 - 15’) MENTION SPECIALE DU JURY (LFF Beirut 2010)
2008 : Trans society (Documentary – DV/16mm - 62’)
2007 : Zone Frontalière (Documentary/Experimental – DV/16mm - 45’)
Available on DVD by RE:VOIR (Paris) - Edité en DVD "Cinexpérimentaux #10" chez RE:VOIR
Available at LIGHT CONE (Paris)
2006 : Mondanités (Experimental – DV/Super 8 - 35’)
2005 : Kinoptik: Transit Beyrouth-Paris (Experimental – 16mm - 20’)
2004 : Sévices ektachromatiques (Experimental – 16mm - 19’)
2004 : Suxion-propaganda (Experimental – 16mm - 8’)
2003 : Distorsions (Experimental – 16mm - 6’)
2003 : Fragments d'une vie anéantie (Experimental – Super 8 - 8’)
2003 : Luttes (Experimental – 16mm - 5’)
2003 : Anthropophagie (Experimental – 16mm – 8’)
2002 : Esprits révoltés (Experimental – 16mm - 6’)
2001 : Sarcophage (Experimental – Super 8 - 20’)
FESTIVALS/COMPETITIONS/SCREENING:
Festival International du Cinéma des Peuples - Ânûû-rû âboro (New Caledonia)
BIFAN - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea)
RNFF - Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest (Italy)
Mediteran Film Festival (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
AWFF - Almeria Western Film Festival (Tabernas, Spain)
DFF - Dracula Film Festival (Brasov, Romania)
Iran International Documentary Film Festival "Cinéma Vérité" (Tehran)
Middle East Film Festival, New Orleans (USA)
Festival du Film Libanais "Né à Beyrouth"
La Cinémathèque Française (Paris)
On The Road Film Festival/Cine Detour (Roma, Italy)
L’Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (Paris)
Infierno en los Andes Fest (Puno, Peru)
Cinéma La Clef Paris - carte Blanche L'ETNA
Festival International Signes de Nuit/Segni della Notte (Paris, Urbino, Mostra de Pesaro, Alternativa)
Sofia Independent Film Festival (Bulgaria)
Festival Montevideo Fantastico (Uruguay)
IZDOC - Izmir International Documentary Festival (Turkey)
Subversive Music and Film Festival "Cinéma-Abattoir" (Montreal)
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (NY, US)
International Super 8 festival (Hungary)
Festival Côté Court Pantin (France)
Squat Yfanet (Thessaloníki – Greece)
HORRIFIC - Horror International Film Congress (Thailand)
Festival S8 Tourné-Monté (Paris)
PFFV - Porn Film Festival Vienna (Austria)
ATP Festival (UK)
Festival International du Film de Ouidah – Quintessence (Bénin)
Ciné-Club LaBanque (Montréal)
Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid at Beirut Art Center (BAC)
Louisville’s International Festival of Film (Kentucky - USA)
Le Mois du Film Documentaire (France)
IIFC - Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (CA, US)
MJC Picaud/Studio 13 (Cannes)
Lebanese Film Festival (Sydney – Australia)
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center - New Orleans
Hacker Porn Film Festival (Roma, Italy)
Cinéma L'Entrepôt - Festival "Liban sans limites" (Paris)
Bastalavista International Genre Film Festival (Hannover, Germany)
Festival Mondial des Cinémas Sauvages (Bruxelles - Belgium)
PEEPHOLE FilmFest (Mexico)
Paragon Film Festival (West Hollywood, California)
La Monstrasse - festival de cinéma & video (Florac, France)
Transilvania International Short Film Festival (Romania)
EyeCatcher International Film Festival (Oklahoma - USA)
Cult Critic Movie Awards/Jean-Luc Godard Awards (Kolkata, India)
AOF - Action On Film Festival (Las Vegas)
Cinéma Nova - Bruxelles (Belgium)
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival (Detroit - MI)
Festival Zones Portuaires (Saint-Nazaire, France)
Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (India)
ARFF//Around International Film Festival (Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam)
SSFF - Shawna Shea Film Festival (Massachusetts, US)
Cinéma Studio Galande - Paris
Cine Pobre Film Festival (Mexico)
International Festival of Cinema Libre - Hamburg (Germany)
Mongolia International Film Festival
International Independent Film Awards - IIFA
Indie Film Festival - IFF (Switzerland)
12 Months Film Festival (online - Romania)
Global Independent Film Awards -GIFA
Lisbon International Film Festival
Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival (Barcelona)
Sydney World Film Festival
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards (London)
Super 9 Mobile Film Fest (online - Portugal)
Spotlight Documentary Film Awards (Atlanta)
International Euro Film Festival (Marbella, Spain)
UnderGround Wednesday - Massachusetts (USA)
Venice Film Week (Italy)
Short to The Point - International Short Film Festival (Romania)
Chandler International Film Festival (Arizona)
UnderGround FilmFest (Ancona, Italy)
New York Film Week
Blow Up - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival
Mindfield Film Festival - Los Angeles/Albuquerque
Mediterranean Film Festival -MedFF - Syracuse (Italy)
Amarcord - Chicago Arthouse Tv and Video Fest Awards
Los Angeles Film Awards LAFA
California Film Awards San Diego
Alternative Film Festival (Toronto)
European Cinematography Awards - ECA (Warsaw/Amsterdam)
Wolves Independent International Film Awards - WIIFA (Lithuania)
FICOCC - Five Continents International Film Festival (online - Venezuela)
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival (Moscow -Russia)
CICFF - Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (India)
Maverick Movie Awards (USA)
Barcelona Planet Film Festival
South Film and Arts Academy Festival - SFAAF (Chile)
London Independent Film Awards
Maracay International Film & Video Festival (Venezuela)
Montevideo World Film Festival (Uruguay)
Concepción Independent Film Awards (Chile)
Bahia Independent Cinema Festival (Brazil)
FECIME - Festival Cinematogràfico de Mérida (Mexico)
L' Âge D'or International Arthouse Film Festival/Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards (Kolkata)
Ciudad de México International Film Festival
Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival (Peru)
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Trujillo (Peru)
BangkokThai International Film Festival (Thailand)
FICMARC - Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar Caribe (Venezuela)
New York Cinematography Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de Medellín (Colombia)
MADRIFF - Madrid Indie Film Festival (Spain)
Best Director Award (London)
Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival (Rio de Janeiro)
Adbhooture Film Festival (Kolkata)
New Wave Short Film Festival (Munich, Germany)
FICB - Festival Internacional de Cine de Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
Valencia Indie Film Festival (Spain)
San José International Film Awards (Costa Rica)
Independent Horror Movie Awards (Los Angeles)
WSXA Barcelona // International Awards
Swedish Academy of Motion Picture Awards (Sweden)
