“Queer Lens” is a program of short films celebrating the lives and loves of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Arab World and its diasporas. From a romantic and deeply political road trip to the discotheque and outer orbit, we come to appreciate the beautiful and complicated intimacies of chosen and biological families.
Barzakh, 2020
Karina Dandashi (Syria, USA)
Son of a Dancer, 2018
Georges Hazim (Lebanon)
Mondial 2010, 2014
Roy Dib (Lebanon)
What's Left of Home, 2019
Antoine Maksoudian (Lebanon)
Three Centimeters, 2018
Lara Zeidan (Lebanon)
Ablution, 2018
Omar Aldakheel (USA)
Ubuntu, 2019
Aqsa Altaf (USA)
Twenty-year-old Majed grieves the loss of his recently deceased mother. One day, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that she used to be a belly dancer. Torn between his relationship with his now-silent father, and Hanine, the woman who helps him overcome his grief, he takes a trip down memory lane in an attempt to discover his mother's mysterious past.This film contains sensitive content.
About the Filmmaker
Born in Beirut, director Georges Hazim is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture from the Lebanese University, where he obtained his Master's degree in Directing. Through his short films, often controversial in a quasi-conservative society, he gives a voice to the Queer community.
- Year2018
- Runtime21 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryLebanon
- DirectorGeorges Hazim
- ProducerJoyce Nakhoul
- CastCarole Abboud, Georges Hazim, Ziad Seaibe
- CinematographerElsy Hajjar
- EditorGeorges Hazim
- Production DesignTracy Ghanem
- ComposerJohn Paul Jalawan
- Sound DesignEli Salameh
“Queer Lens” is a program of short films celebrating the lives and loves of LGBTQ+ individuals in the Arab World and its diasporas. From a romantic and deeply political road trip to the discotheque and outer orbit, we come to appreciate the beautiful and complicated intimacies of chosen and biological families.
Barzakh, 2020
Karina Dandashi (Syria, USA)
Son of a Dancer, 2018
Georges Hazim (Lebanon)
Mondial 2010, 2014
Roy Dib (Lebanon)
What's Left of Home, 2019
Antoine Maksoudian (Lebanon)
Three Centimeters, 2018
Lara Zeidan (Lebanon)
Ablution, 2018
Omar Aldakheel (USA)
Ubuntu, 2019
Aqsa Altaf (USA)
Twenty-year-old Majed grieves the loss of his recently deceased mother. One day, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that she used to be a belly dancer. Torn between his relationship with his now-silent father, and Hanine, the woman who helps him overcome his grief, he takes a trip down memory lane in an attempt to discover his mother's mysterious past.This film contains sensitive content.
About the Filmmaker
Born in Beirut, director Georges Hazim is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture from the Lebanese University, where he obtained his Master's degree in Directing. Through his short films, often controversial in a quasi-conservative society, he gives a voice to the Queer community.
- Year2018
- Runtime21 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryLebanon
- DirectorGeorges Hazim
- ProducerJoyce Nakhoul
- CastCarole Abboud, Georges Hazim, Ziad Seaibe
- CinematographerElsy Hajjar
- EditorGeorges Hazim
- Production DesignTracy Ghanem
- ComposerJohn Paul Jalawan
- Sound DesignEli Salameh