Tarek Bacha (writer/Producer/Co- Director)
Born in Beirut in 1979, Tarek graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, the Lebanese University, acquiring a BA in Acting in 2002. In 2005, he obtained a Masters Degree in Theatre and Performing Arts from University of Nanterre, Paris X.
Tarek acted in many plays: “Life is Beautiful” directed by Michelle Jabr (1999), “Marche” directed by Issam Bou Khaled (2005) and “Bint Jbeil” directed by Saseen Kawzally and Ben Harrison (2008), among others.
In addition to his acting career, Tarek has directed a short film “Music On The Moon” that has participated in several international festivals.
Tarek is also interested in writing. He has written an adaptation of Gogol’s “Revizor” in 2002, and co-written the short movie “Gibraltar” in 2004. In 2008, his short story “Bermuda Triangle” received the Anna Lindh Foundation Prize. The story is currently being illustrated and will be published by Dar Onboz, Lebanon. In 2009 he wrote the short story “Uncertain Diaries”, the story was published in the context of Beirut World Book Capital, and recently in 2011 his first play “Hello” was published by Dar Bissan.

 

Rodrigue Sleiman ( Co-Director)
Born in Lebanon in 1981, Rodrigue obtained a BA in Theatre and Acting in 2005 from the Institute of Fine Arts at the Lebanese University. In the same year, he joined the film school “ESEC” in Paris and graduated in 2008.
He acted in several theatre plays “Point Avant la Ligne” by Roy Dib, “Les Fourberies de Scapin” by Christophe Cotteret, and in 2009, he played a major role in feature film “Balle Perdue” by Georges Hachem.
In 2005, he directed a play, “Dissident, Il Va Sans Dire” for Michel Vinaver. His short film “Animation”, produced in 2005, was in the official selection of Kelibia Short Film Festival, Tunis in 2007.

 

Mythomaniacs are diagnosed to have the tendency to relate incredible imaginary adventures as if they had really happened. They tell us their unbelievable heroic stories with a profound attention to detail. The mythomaniacs’ stories, Fairy tales they are, yet ironically are the closest thing to our reality. A history told, unconventionally, with a twist of humor. It is truly funny, that we have repetitively lived in a static reality, and instead of changing it, we become protagonists in the story of our own failure.




- Director: Rodrigue Sleiman , Tarek Bacha
- Producer:Tarek Bacha
- Scriptwriter: Tarek Bacha
- Cinematographer: Ziad Chahoud
- Composer: Jad Aouad
- Editor: Maria Malek

Lebanon/2011/Arabic / English subtitles DigiBeta/Colour/65 mins.

( WORLD PREMIERE DIFF 2011)

Genre: Documentary