Considering himself a reincarnation of a dead soldier, historian Bassel Abi Chahine has the remarkable ability to recall details from the Lebanese civil war, which mostly took place before his lifetime. Standing in front of the projected photographs from his personal collection, Abi Chahine embodies the suppressed trauma hidden to his generation.
Also in this combined programme
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Les quatre récits d’Alice
True story? Myriam Jacob-Allard’s grandmother was carried away by a tornado as a child. The artist tries to find out her own way.
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Wasteland No. 2: Hardy, Hearty
Captivating, handmade flicker film in which flower petals free themselves from melting ice cubes, setting hypnotically moving roots in motion.
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Single Copy
An experimental biography of Chung-I, one half of a once-conjoined twin, whose body is digitally scanned and cast in ceramic.
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Mariam Jafri vs. Maryam Jafri
A humorous tale of the journey a ready-made sculpture takes down the rabbit hole of stock photo copyright and image ownership.
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A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle
The ballet Giselle reimagined as an ecofeminist thriller. Digital footage, VHS, animation and deep AI represent a newly hybridised world.
Film details
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 29"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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