Mondial 2010 is a film about love and place. A gay Lebanese couple decides to take a road trip to Ramallah. They chronicle their journey and record it with their camera. The viewer is invited into the couple's conversations and into the universe of a fading city.

Note: The relations between Israelis and Lebanese are governed by the 1943 Lebanese Criminal Code, which forbids any interaction with nationals of enemy states, and the 1955 Lebanese Anti-Israeli Boycott Law, which specifies Israelis as an enemy. As a result, this kind of trip for a Lebanese citizen, a road trip to Israel (or Palestine), is impossible.

About the Filmmaker

Born in 1983, Roy Dib is an artist and filmmaker that works and lives in Beirut, Lebanon. His work focuses on the subjective constructions of space. His latest short film Mondial 2010 (2014) won several awards including the Teddy Award for the Best Short Film at the 64th Berlinale, Best Short Film at Queer Lisboa International Film Festival, and the Uppsala Grand Prix at Uppsala International Short Film Festival. His latest video installation, A Spectacle of Privacy, debuted in the Exposure 2015 show at the Beirut Art Center and it was then featured in the Berlinale’s 2015 Forum Expanded, Queer Porto 1 (2015), and Images Festival in Toronto (2016). The exhibit won an award at the Contemporary Art Festival SESC Videobrasil (2015). The Beach House (Beit El Baher, 2016) is Dib’s first narrative feature film.