Elias Matar

Movies

Exodus
Director
Exodus documents the harrowing journey of Syrian refugees as they cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey into Greece. Over three thousand refugees attempt this treacherous crossing everyday, seeking asylum in Western Europe. It's a life and death gamble that they are willing to take for a chance at a new life away from their war-torn homeland.
In Between
The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, fuck, and choose.
Ribbons
Writer
A wounded young soldier and a psychologically damaged girl get caught in the crossfire between her estranged family and an Armenian hitman.
Ribbons
Director
A wounded young soldier and a psychologically damaged girl get caught in the crossfire between her estranged family and an Armenian hitman.
Butterfly
Cinematography
Butterfly is a suspense/horror hybrid about NICK COLE, a straight-to-video horror director who is kidnapped by, LANEY, an over zealous fan, determined to impress him with her own film project. The situation goes from bad to worse when Cole realizes that the murders in Laney's film are real, and that the victims are all people from his own dark past.
Butterfly
Co-Producer
Butterfly is a suspense/horror hybrid about NICK COLE, a straight-to-video horror director who is kidnapped by, LANEY, an over zealous fan, determined to impress him with her own film project. The situation goes from bad to worse when Cole realizes that the murders in Laney's film are real, and that the victims are all people from his own dark past.
Ashes
Writer
An obsessive doctor working on a cure for AIDS unwittingly creates an aggressive new bacteria that deteriorates the body and enrages the mind.
Ashes
Director
An obsessive doctor working on a cure for AIDS unwittingly creates an aggressive new bacteria that deteriorates the body and enrages the mind.
Chingaso the Clown
Executive Producer
A man paints his face and heads off to seek revenge on crime kingpin Bastard the Clown and his Clown Army.
Chingaso the Clown
Director
A man paints his face and heads off to seek revenge on crime kingpin Bastard the Clown and his Clown Army.
What Is Buried Must Remain
Director
Set in Lebanon, What Is Buried Must Remain is a modern ghost story with ancient roots. When three young filmmakers set out to make a documentary about a French industrialist, accused of murdering his family, they are confronted by supernatural forces engaged in a war for the very soul of the land.