Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Still: 45th ParallelFilmography
(selection) Language Gulf in the Shouting Valley (2013, short), The All-Hearing (2014, short doc), Double-Take: Leader of the Syrian Revolution Commanding a Charge (2014, short doc), Rubber Coated Steel (2017, short doc), Walled Unwalled (2018, short doc), After SFX (2018, performance), New Acid (2019), M.A.G.N.E.T (2019, short), Once Removed (2019, short), 45th Parallel (2022, short)
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The All-Hearing
13'
Egypt
IFFR 2015
Double-Take: Leader of the Syrian Revolution Commanding a Charge
11'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2016
Rubber Coated Steel
A tribunal for the sounds of deadly gunfire. The victims’ silence is amplified through the absence of emotion, the sound of ammo and voices.
21'
Lebanon
IFFR 2017
After SFX
In this performance, Lawrence Abu Hamdan investigates our auditory memory using sounds, voices and texts from his library of sound effects objects.
IFFR 2019
Walled Unwalled
At a Berlin studio, researcher Abu Hamdan recorded stories about court cases that revolved around sounds, heard or experienced through walls.
21'
Germany
IFFR 2019
Once Removed
Bassel Abi Chahine, a self-described reincarnation of a dead soldier from the Lebanese civil war, recalls past details with remarkable precision.
29'
Lebanon
IFFR 2020
45th Parallel
An incisive monologue about the ways violence, terror, and contradiction reveal themselves at borders and checkpoints.
15'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023