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Made in Qatar presented by Ooredoo Film Programme 2
Ibrahim Sultani is a 22-year-old architecture major who has a hobby of painting portraits on banknotes.
Ibrahim Sultani is a 22-year-old architecture major who has a hobby of painting portraits on banknotes. On them, he portrays Lebanese icons from the fields of music, cinema, sports, media, fashion, and many more due to the common appreciation and love that Lebanese citizens share for them. Due to the economic crisis that exists within the country, he hopes his work will give the currency back some of its lost value, at least metaphorically.

Credits

Director
Alessandra El Chanti
Producer
Alessandra El Chanti
Cast
Ibrahim Sultani

About the Director

Alessandra El Chanti
El Chanti is a Lebanese director born and raised in Qatar. Her filmography and scholarly work centers around the themes of culture, politics, identity, and belonging in narratives from the Levant. El Chanti’s latest animated documentary, ‘When Beirut was Beirut’ (2021), won the Best Short Film Award at Doha Film Institute’s Ajyal Film Festival in 2021. She was also commissioned in 2022 to create a