Sc. 01 — Showreel

Emilio Bou OnkDirector & Cinematographer

Light, patience, and restraint. Documentary and narrative, directed and shot across Lebanon and beyond.

Sc. 02 — Selected Work

Films

Still from Her Own Peak
Best Local Film — LOFF 2025·Audience Choice — Byblos Intl. Film Festival·Safinaz Foundation Award — Kenya Intl. Sports Film Festival

Director & DP

Her Own Peak

Still from Behind the Art
200,000+ views

Director & DP

Behind the Art

Teaser still from Breaking Barriers
In Development

Director & DP · Feature

Breaking Barriers

Still from Child in the Frame
Festival Circuit

Director & DP

Child in the Frame

Best International Documentary — Mix Film Festival LavalBest Local Documentary — Byblos Intl. Film FestivalAudience Choice — Byblos Intl. Film Festival

More filmsWatch the full playlist on YouTube →

Sc. 03 — Stills

Photography

What the camera sees when it isn’t rolling.

39Portrait
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36Portrait
1Portrait
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3Portrait
8Portrait
3Landscape
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1Street
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10Oud player in a knit cap
11Boats in Byblos harbour, black and white
12Tripoli through a stone window
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19Landscape
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22Goat herd on hillside, black and white

Sc. 04 — About

Emilio Bou Onk

Emilio Bou Onk directs and shoots from the same chair. A director and cinematographer based in Lebanon, he works in human-centric storytelling. The camera stays close, the subject leads, and the story is found rather than staged.

Trained in filmmaking at Columbia College Chicago, that grounding still shapes the work: patient, observational, unwilling to fake a moment it hasn't earned.

Studio

Founder & Lead Director at Afaq Films

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EducationBFA, Columbia College Chicago
DisciplineDocumentary / Cinéma Vérité
RolesDirector · Director of Photography
BasedLebanon
AvailabilityWorldwide, on assignment

Where It Started

A short interview recorded at Columbia College Chicago, where I studied cinema as I started making films.