‘Q - Jude Chehab’

An intimate and haunting portrayal of a quest for love and acceptance at any cost, Q depicts the insidious influence of a secretive matriarchal religious order in Lebanon on three generations of women in the Chehab family. Filmmaker Jude Chehab potently documents the unspoken ties and consequences of loyalty that have bonded her mother, grandmother, and herself to the mysterious organization.

Jude Chehab is a Lebanese-American filmmaker whose cinematic interests have drawn her to the exploration of the esoteric and the spiritual. A richly layered visual and intimate personal shooting style developed under the mentorship of Abbas Kiarostami’s final student group. In 2021, Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.