Overview of articles
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The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
A rapturous elegy to a rich and versatile era of film production in Egypt through the work of one of its most revered stars, Soad…Published on: -
Transparent Evil
Having travelled to Egypt to complete a commissioned work, the artist and his friend get caught up in the events of the Egyptian revolution.Published on: -
The Story of Milk and Honey
An unknown author fails to write a love story as images and sounds develop into a search for human perception of history and truth.Published on: -
Grandma, a Thousand Times
A poetic documentary from Beirut about the memories of the filmmaker’s grandmother and her husbandry. A portrait of a fascinating woman, but also of LPublished on: -
Master-Slave Dialectic
Who is the boss? The director, thinking and self-assured or the camera, a mindless machine? A power struggle with unexpected results.Published on: -
E.D.L.
A video portrait of Lebanon’s national electricity building as an homage to a modernist project, linked to the very construction of Lebanon’s modern sPublished on: -
Of Heroes, Football and All That Remains of My Childhood
Questioning what it means to be a ‘revolutionary’ today, the artist explores hopes and disillusions in the context of recent Arab history in this livePublished on: -
Trespass the Salt
An investigation of the nuanced relationship of Europe and the Middle East through a fictitious and lavish feast, where humour and the grotesque convePublished on: -
The Hour of Liberation
The director’s cut of Guerilla’s of the Arabian Gulf. See there.Published on: -
Il était une fois Beyrouth ‘histoire d’une Star’
Two young women in Beirut and a variety of archive footage from features and documentaries together give an intriguing picture of the city.Published on: