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Louay Yacinn

Film director, storyteller and visual observer.

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I tell stories through movement, light and human moments.

A retro film set from El Ghammaza
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Director

Motion first, cinematic and minimal. The strongest work leads, and every frame has to earn its place.

A night road scene from La Playa Bey
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Storyteller

A journey told through photographs, travel, projects and turning points, never through a long biography.

A farmer portrait from Capitol Foods
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Photographer

Photography is part of the eye: how people, places, silence and detail are framed.

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Afghanistan

Documentary0:26
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My story

Five frames from the beginning to now. Keep scrolling to roll the film.

A boy at a workbench by lamplight

The beginning

Early images, a first camera and the first fascination with telling a story through pictures.

Still from Ghamlouch Jewelry

Two people in suits at a waterfall

Finding my eye

The shoots and experiments that slowly shaped a visual language of my own.

Still from Splash

An elder against Afghan mountains

Beyond home

Travel and documentary work in Afghanistan, South Africa, Qatar and beyond.

Still from Afghanistan

A retro living room film set

Becoming a director

Larger sets, actors, crews and commercials, and a stronger directing voice.

Still from El Ghammaza

Portrait of Louay Yacinn

Today

Where I am now and where I am going next.

Louay Yacinn

Through my eyes

How I frame people, places, silence and detail. Pick up a print, or run the loupe across the table.

A farmer in a straw hat

Capitol Foods

A classic car on a night road

La Playa Bey

Two people drinking at a waterfall

Splash

A man in low blue light

Kosat Hobna

A forest scene

Tamarind

A boy at a workbench by lamplight

Ghamlouch Jewelry

A retro film set

El Ghammaza

A woman at a table with food

Al Jawad

Blurred portrait backgroundPortrait of Louay Yacinn in a black suit and sunglasses
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The moments behind the camera shape everything that happens in front of it.

Louay Yacinn is a film director and visual storyteller. His work moves between commercials, music films and documentary, from Beirut to Afghanistan, South Africa and Qatar.

On set, his attention goes to emotion, performance and a clear visual language, built in close collaboration with the people in front of and behind the camera.

DirectorLouay Yacinn
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WorkCommercials, music films, documentary, photography

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