Ebb & Flow

Directed by Nay Tabbara

Length: 18:33
Producer: Isabelle Mecattaf
Editor: Nay Tabbara
Cinematographer: Mark Khalife
Sound Mixer: Dan Timmons

In order to finally have her first kiss with her crush Sharif, Loulwa decides to lie to her parents about her after school activities; and with the help of her best friend Jana, meet Sharif for an after school date by the Beirut waterfront.

Just as she’s about to have her fantasy finally come true, a bomb erupts in Beirut, forcing her to immediately abandon her romantic endeavors, and find her way back home safely amongst the chaotic post explosion streets, without uncovering her lie to her parents.

Inspired by real events and the political instabilities of the early 2000s in Lebanon, Ebb & Flow explores how children fight to hold on to a sense of normalcy despite the world crumbling around them.

Graduate Film & TV

nt1371@nyu.edu

Nay Tabbara is a Lebanese filmmaker based between Beirut and New York, she holds an MFA in filmmaking from NYU Tisch — where she also teaches Editing as an Adjunct Professor within the Graduate Film department. Before moving to New York, Nay built her on-set experience working as an assistant director on numerous award winning pictures, most notably The Insult by Ziad Doueiri (2017 Academy Award nominee).

Born and raised in Beirut, Nay's stories center around her upbringing, and are inspired by her experience as a Lebanese woman existing within a largely hybrid society. She is a 2021 Sundance Uprise and Doha Film Institute grantee for her upcoming project Ebb & Flow. Her most recent short film Frayed Roots premiered at the 2020 Raindance Film Festival and has toured the circuit in several other Academy-Awards qualifying film festivals.