Rawane Nassif
Still: Msaytbeh, the elevated place.Lebanese-Canadian filmmaker and anthropologist Rawane NASSIF (1983, Lebanon) studied filmmaking at the Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth in Lebanon and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is a researcher for the Doha Film Institute with the National Museum of Qatar. Nassif’s films cover themes of space, identities and memory. She has worked on several documentaries in Lebanon and has written a book on the politics of memory in the reconstruction of Beirut. Turtles are Always Home (2016) won Best New Vision Short at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Ode to Loneliness (2022) was selected for IFFR 2023 and Msaybeth, the Elevated Place (2024) will have its world premiere at IFFR 2024.
Filmography
(all short) Draw Me Palestine (2002), Serheldan (2004), Dalil (2004), My Ball (2005), Bike Love (2007), Zoukak Migration (2009), Three Women in the Jailoo (2012), Turtles are Always Home (2016), Ode to Loneliness (2022), Msaytbeh, the Elevated Place (2024)
Rawane Nassif op IFFR
Ode to Loneliness
Een vrouw alleen in haar flatwoning in Doha: een gestileerde schets van ervaringen en verlangens.
17'
Libanon
IFFR 2023
Msaytbeh, the elevated place.
Een zeer aangrijpende bespiegeling over verdriet, herinnering en dat wat niet meer als thuis voelt.
20'
Libanon
IFFR 2024