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Le deuil de la cigogne joyeuse
A beautifully minimal, well-shot unsentimental short, reconstructing the last hours of a Lebanese paradise lost.Published on: -
Chaque jour est une fête
A bus full of women gets stranded on its way to a prison in the Lebanese Desert. Three women try to find their way, while…Published on: -
My Queer Samsara
Short story about the need to go back home. A critical look at a constructed social identity that hides a gnawing want.Published on: -
Fil al laylato ed dhalmaa
Mounir is a film-maker. He is sitting in his living room glued to the television. It continuously shows pictures of the Gulf War. A shot…Published on: -
Sewing Borders
Through personal tales of displacement, Beirut residents personalise different maps of the city and region by sewing borders onto them.Published on: -
The Drift
In this film about the resistance to progress at the expense of history, Maeve Brennan’s wonderfully poignant documentary intertwines three stories ofPublished on: -
Counting Tiles
Whistle at the ready, prepared to blow bubbles: Clowns Without Borders are eager to give refugees a cheerful welcome on the Greek island of Lesbos,…Published on: -
The Craft
Childhood memories, VHS home movies and alien drawings come together in a story of increasing paranoia, international diplomacy, war and peace.Published on: -
The Insult
It starts as a minor altercation between hot-tempered Lebanese-Christian Toni and Palestinian-born contractor Yasser. But their quarrel escalates to aPublished on: -
Now Eat My Script
It all started with the story of an aunt smuggling a sacrificial lamb across the Syrian-Lebanese border in the boot of her car. However, the…Published on: