Haunting Sounds and Deafening Silences
Haunting Sounds and Deafening Silences
- Date
- Feb 18th 2025
- With
- Rana Eid
From the age of six, Lebanese sound designer Rana Eid has been absorbed by the echoes of war that scored her childhood. All through her career, she’s created soundscapes for war-torn cities, and others to accompany their psychologically broken residents. In this session, Eid discusses the act of listening, but also the research process she goes through upon embarking on a new project, and her role and responsibilities as sound designer. She reflects on the many acclaimed Lebanese, Arab, and international productions she’s worked on, drawing from her latest in particular: Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s 2025 Berlinale Competition title "Hot Milk".
Rana Eid
Rana Eid, born in 1976 in Beirut, studied cinema and film sound at Université Saint Joseph, IESAV. She has worked as a sound editor since 2003, collaborating with Lebanese filmmakers like Joanna Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige on "Memory Box", Ghassan Salhab on "1958", "The Mountain", "The Valley", and Mohammad Soueid on "The Insomnia of a Serial Dreamer". Upcoming projects include "Hot Milk" by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and "The Wave" by Sebastián Lelio. In 2006, she co-founded DB Studios for audio post-production, now partnered with Polyson/HAL. She has worked on films worldwide, including Oscar nominees "The Cave" (2019) and "Honeyland" (2019). In 2017, she directed her first feature documentary, "Panoptic", which premiered at Locarno. Eid is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).