Tag: Cinema of Lebanon
Interview: Dania Bdeir – Warsha [Short]
Among the film riches found in Sundance Film Festival's 2022 short film program we found Lebanese filmmaker Dania Bdeir's Washa. A film told on...
The Sea Ahead | Review
The Princess of Tides: Dagher Can’t Go Home Again in Broody Beirut
For his directorial debut, The Sea Ahead, Ely Dagher expands on the themes...
Interview: Mounia Akl – Costa Brava, Lebanon
Arriving at TIFF after having premiered at the Venice Film Festival, first-time Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl who actually penned the screenplay with Clara Roquet...
Memory Box | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Analogue Chronicles: The Past is Present in the Latest Memory Exercise from Hadjithomas & Joreige
A veritable remembrance of things past catalyzes the semi-autobiographical narrative...
Video Interview: Nadine Labaki – Capernaum
There is a sequence in Nadine Labaki's Capernaum where Zain (who now belongs to the Antoine Doinel film canon) proactively attempts to save the...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #2. Oualid Mouaness – 1982
He might be a first time feature filmmaker, but Oualid Mouaness, a Lebanese short film helmer firmly transplanted in the US has been patiently building...