
Ears Wide Open: A Global Sound Journey
- With
- Rana Eid, Tim Nielsen, Alastair Sirkett
- Topics

Rana Eid lives in Beirut. In 2006, she opened DB Studios for audio post-production together with composer Nadim Mishlawi. Since then, she has worked on films from the region and the world over. In 2017, she directed her first feature-length documentary PANOPTIC, which premiered at Locarno Film Festival and went on to participate in many festivals.

Tim Nielsen is a supervising sound editor, sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound. His credits include AVATAR, THE LITTLE PRINCE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. In addition to his work there, he is an avid sound effects recordist and teaches about recording and sound design around the world.

Alastair Sirkett is an award-winning sound editor and designer, living and working in London. He has worked on numerous films, including BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, LES MISERABLES, THE SECRET GARDEN and MACBETH. He created the “Ambient Isolation” project during the early stages of the pandemic to record the change in sound that was occurring due to the global lockdown.