Biography

Celine is a British-Lebanese writer and director, with a focus on genre-bending stories in Film and TV. Her work has been supported by the BFI, Trademark Films, h Club London and Goldfinch: First Flights, screened at several BAFTA/Academy Award qualifying film festivals worldwide, and reached nearly a million views online. She is currently developing her first feature, LEGS, a darkly comic horror, based on her award-winning proof-of-concept short. Celine’s TV projects include YA comedy-drama VICIOUS CYCLE, which featured in SKY Table Reads 2022. Writer’s room credits include MBC/Starling Entertainment’s AIR MEDS.

She is represented by Charlotte Knight at Knight Hall Agency. 
Read More

Other Credits

The Time Tree Short Film View
Description Year
1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, who help her overcome her disability in a way she could never have imagined. 
 600,000 views on Omeleto. Official Selection: Sarajevo Film Festival 2018 CineKid Film Festival 2018 RiverRun Film Festival 2019 Sidewalk Film Festival 2019 Golden Door International Film Festival 2019 FilmQuest 2019 (award nominated: Best Fantasy Short) Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2019 2018
Layla Short Film View
Description Year
Relocated to Margate, Kent, Layla is a 60-year-old Syrian refugee, who balances her work at the local funfair with looking after her young granddaughter. Unable to build relationships with the British population around her, she finally makes a connection with a young boy, Femi, who teaches her to skateboard. A late-in-life, coming-of-age piece and an examination of migrant culture, the film stars Wafa al Shalati as Layla, herself a refugee, who arrived in the UK from Syria in 2016. Layla is her first role. Official Selection: Reel Sisters Film Festival 2019 (award won: Best Cinematography) Ajyal Film Festival 2019 (award nominated: Best Hilal Short) USA Film Festival 2019 (award nominated: Best Short Film) Cinequest 2020 (award nominated: Best Short Film) Short Shorts Film Festival 2020 2019
Indefinitely Short Film View
Description Year
Whether you're under the same roof or on the same video call, connecting with your loved ones during lockdown is far from easy. Just ask Tilly and Vic, who have big news to share with their relatives. Unfortunately for them, Tilly's parents aren't going to make this easy... Starring: Daisy Waterstone, Fanta Barrie, Richard Cunningham, with Harriet Thorpe, and Martin Trenaman. Made in Lockdown 2020. 2020
The Edge of Home Short Documentary View
Description Year
Financed as a grant recipient from h Club London’s Film Emerging Creative Scheme, The Edge of Home is the story of a family of Syrian refugees living North London, and how they have settled in their new community following their escape from Syria. Wafa lives with her husband and youngest son. She has not seen her eldest son in seven years, as he fled to Egypt, while the rest of the family went to Lebanon. Throughout the documentary we piece together what their lives were like before the civil war, versus what their lives are like now, and how they have adjusted to their new status of ‘refugee’. Each member of the family has a unique point of view about their new circumstances. This film is a meditation on family, humanity, and acceptance of circumstances that are beyond one’s control. Official Selection: Austin Film Festival 2020 Athens International Film Festival 2021 2020
Legs Short Film View
Description Year
Joy and Harry are trying to have a baby. One night, Joy swallows a spider in her sleep. When Joy subsequently develops an insatiable appetite for flies, it dawns on her that there may be more than one way of becoming a mother. 2021
After Eights Short Film View
Description Year
When Helen discovers her mothers ashes unceremoniously dumped in a biscuit tin at her brother's house she takes it upon herself to give them a proper burial. A simple story of love, loss and letting go, After Eights looks at three generations of women and the impact they had on each others lives. NOMINATIONS: Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2017 (Best Comedy), Lone Star Film Festival (Best Actress) OFFICIAL SELECTION: Great Lakes Film Festival (2017), Nassau Film Festival (2017), Comedy Shorts Film Festival (2017), Mediterranean Film Festival (2017) 2017
Grounded Short Film View
Description Year
Four adults in kids' clothes are trapped in a playground nightmare of their own making. As the world forces them to regress back to childhood, their own fears and insecurities become heightened. They play games with each other, attempting to survive at all costs, whilst above all trying to avoid the punishment of 'Mummy'. OFFICIAL SELECTION: Arizona Underground Film Festival (2016), Boston Underground Film Festival (2016), Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2016), SNOB (2016), Screentest (2016), Williamsburg Film Festival (2016) 2016

Awards

  • Reel Sisters Film Festival

    Best Cinematography - 2019

Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more