Director Nicolas Khoury shared the key challenges he encountered while creating his latest documentary "Thuraya Habibi", which received critical acclaim and won the Best Documentary Award at the Cairo International Film Festival ✨🏆.

Khoury emphasized that the first challenge was not convincing Thuraya to participate, but respecting her personal and emotional boundaries. Thuraya held deep memories and experiences that she wasn’t ready to share until much later, requiring a sensitive and professional approach to every scene and every word 🎬💛.

The greatest challenge, according to Khoury, was editing. The team had recorded over 150 hours of conversations and interviews. Khoury described this process as navigating a maze of emotions and time, where the archive alone could produce hundreds of films, but the crucial task was finding the invisible thread that weaves the story 📽️✨.

Transforming this vast material into a cohesive visual narrative took more than a year and a half of dedicated work, focusing on highlighting Thuraya’s unique presence, irreplaceable in any cinematic work 💫💛.

The film is not just a documentation of personal memories; it is a rich human experience, allowing the audience to feel every moment as if they were part of the story 🌟🎬.

This work demonstrates the power of documentary cinema to blend reality and art, turning memories into an unforgettable visual and emotional experience.

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