Sponsored by Alefb, the playful way to learn the Arabic language and culture
This program of short films from Lebanon explores the stories of the Lebanese people and their multifaceted lives and experiences. While all tinged with political unrest and socio-economic issues, their stories are vast and varied. From films grounded in this difficult reality to imaginative explorations of love, dreams and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, these shorts reinforce the unshakeable spirits and boundless creativity of the Lebanese people, even through difficult times.
This program includes the following films:
Roadblock (France, Lebanon) dir. Dahlia Nemlich
Tamouzi (Lebanon) dir. Ali Dekmak
Beity (Lebanon) dir. Isabelle Mecattaf
How My Grandmother Became a Chair (Lebanon) dir. Nicolas Fattouch
Light Fingers (Lebanon) dir. Carina Ashkar
Will You Bury Me (Lebanon) dir. Noor Eldine Aboud
Space Woman (France, Lebanon) dir. Hadi Moussally
Co-presented by Alliance Française de San Francisco
Tripoli, North Lebanon.
At 64, Maha has just taken her retirement from teaching.
This new life puts her in the face of her loneliness as a divorced woman, whose children have left their home to live abroad for years now.
The sole company of her faithful neighbors is no longer enough for Maha to fight the terrible feeling of emptiness and boredom in which she now finds herself.
But had not she always dreamed of being an astronaut? And what if she lets herself drift to this promise of escape?
About the filmmakers:
Hadi Moussally is a Lebanese-French filmmaker. He acquires a first master’s degree in “Fiction Cinema” then a second one in “Documentary and Anthropological Cinema” in Paris universities. In 2015, he co-founded the production company “h7o7” whose main objective is to enable the making and promotion of films and photos with "hybrid" vocation where is privileged the mixture of genres between experimental, documentary, fashion and fiction. In 2020, he founded “Hybrid Wave” with more than 30 hybrid artists from all around the world.
Co-presented by
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryFrance, Lebanon
- DirectorHadi Moussally
- ScreenwriterHadi Moussally
- ProducerHadi Moussally, Olivier Pagny
- CastMaha Abas, Sana Bakri, Salwa Alami Sabeh, May Moussally
- CinematographerOlivier Pagny
- MusicLoopstache
Sponsored by Alefb, the playful way to learn the Arabic language and culture
This program of short films from Lebanon explores the stories of the Lebanese people and their multifaceted lives and experiences. While all tinged with political unrest and socio-economic issues, their stories are vast and varied. From films grounded in this difficult reality to imaginative explorations of love, dreams and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, these shorts reinforce the unshakeable spirits and boundless creativity of the Lebanese people, even through difficult times.
This program includes the following films:
Roadblock (France, Lebanon) dir. Dahlia Nemlich
Tamouzi (Lebanon) dir. Ali Dekmak
Beity (Lebanon) dir. Isabelle Mecattaf
How My Grandmother Became a Chair (Lebanon) dir. Nicolas Fattouch
Light Fingers (Lebanon) dir. Carina Ashkar
Will You Bury Me (Lebanon) dir. Noor Eldine Aboud
Space Woman (France, Lebanon) dir. Hadi Moussally
Co-presented by Alliance Française de San Francisco
Tripoli, North Lebanon.
At 64, Maha has just taken her retirement from teaching.
This new life puts her in the face of her loneliness as a divorced woman, whose children have left their home to live abroad for years now.
The sole company of her faithful neighbors is no longer enough for Maha to fight the terrible feeling of emptiness and boredom in which she now finds herself.
But had not she always dreamed of being an astronaut? And what if she lets herself drift to this promise of escape?
About the filmmakers:
Hadi Moussally is a Lebanese-French filmmaker. He acquires a first master’s degree in “Fiction Cinema” then a second one in “Documentary and Anthropological Cinema” in Paris universities. In 2015, he co-founded the production company “h7o7” whose main objective is to enable the making and promotion of films and photos with "hybrid" vocation where is privileged the mixture of genres between experimental, documentary, fashion and fiction. In 2020, he founded “Hybrid Wave” with more than 30 hybrid artists from all around the world.
Co-presented by
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryFrance, Lebanon
- DirectorHadi Moussally
- ScreenwriterHadi Moussally
- ProducerHadi Moussally, Olivier Pagny
- CastMaha Abas, Sana Bakri, Salwa Alami Sabeh, May Moussally
- CinematographerOlivier Pagny
- MusicLoopstache