Noura Kevorkian

Noura Kevorkian

Director

Noura Kevorkian is a Lebanese-Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. She made her filmmaking debut with the multi-award-winning Veils Uncovered (Official Competition IDFA), followed by the historical documentary Anjar, and the hybrid drama-doc feature 23 KiloMeters (Official Competition Karlovy Vary). Noura’s latest, the Canada-Lebanon feature Batata (Oscar Qualifying Best Documentary, Carthage, Audience Top 10 Hot Docs, Canadian Screen Award nominated - Best Feature Documentary, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - Amnesty Award Durban), is an unparalleled documentary that follows 10 years in the life of a strong unmarried Syrian woman and her family struggling in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Noura is currently working on her next documentary feature Taste of Longing and her debut narrative feature, Syrian Dancer.

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