CONFIDENTIAL
Janay Boulos
Image
Janay Boulos is a Lebanese journalist and filmmaker with extensive experience documenting the Middle East. From 2012 to 2021, she worked for BBC News across television, radio, and digital platforms. In 2021, she founded Habak Films with Syrian filmmaker Abd Alkader Habak, and she continues to produce documentaries for international outlets, bringing Arab stories to global audiences. She is currently producing her second feature documentary, Until the Buzzing Stops, is a co-producer on The Last Mayor of Jerusalem, and is developing a new feature documentary from Lebanon as a solo director.
Associated Credits
The panel discussion will delve into the differences between television/broadcast content and international festival documentaries and how funding works in these different spaces around the world. What does it mean to have broadcast partners versus festival partners? Does one offer more creative freedom than the other? How can we negotiate the drawbacks and best use the opportunities these different forms offer? The conversation will examine broadcasters' priorities and ways they evaluate content that might drive them to co-produce, buy, or broadcast certain films instead of others.
