Rania Stephan was born in Beirut. Anchored in the turbulent reality of her home country, her documentary work brings a personal perspective to political events, 2022 SPECIAL SCREENINGS in which encounters are captured on film with compassion and humour. Her debut feature-length film, The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011), considered a modern classic, is internationally acclaimed and has won numerous prizes. In Fields of Words: Conversations with Samar Yazbek (2022) won the Best Film Award at the Villa Medici Film Festival.