Lebanon Archives

Beirut: Eye of the Storm, a film by Mai Masri

And suddenly, everything is silent

Hans Henrik Fafner / December 14, 2021

BEIRUT: Four progressive women document the 2019 Beirut uprisings, until Covid-19 hits.

Beirut, Beirut: Eye of the Storm, Bekaa Valley, corruption, Covid-19, Economy, government, IDFA, Lebanon, Mai Masri, Qatar, revolution

DocuShuk-CoPro Market: A few (virtual) days in Tel Aviv

Aleksandra Biernacka / June 18, 2021

Held mostly virtual between May 31st and June 4th, the 2021 edition of the DocuShuk-CoPro Market in #Tel Aviv#, its

CoPro Market, dark net, DocAviv, DocuShuk, Hebron, in turn, into a case in Lebanon in 1982, kibbutz, Lebanon, Orthodox, Schoolyard looks, Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, when Israeli soldiers lost control and started killing and torturing prisoners

Soldiers, a film by Willem Konrad, Christian von Brockhausen

The bodies made for war

Astra Zoldnere / May 10, 2021

CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.

Afghanistan, Christian von Brockhausen, Christine Buchholz, conflict, DOK.fest München, German Films, Iraq, Joe Biden, Lebanon, Michael Moore, NATO, Soldiers, Syria, Timo Großpietsch, Ukraine, United States, vladimir putin, war, Willem Konrad

Tracking truth beyond the frontiers of dawn

Neil Young / November 12, 2020

INTERVIEW: Gianfranco Rosi speaks to Modern Times Review on new film, Notturno.

Camille Laemlé, conflict, Donatella Palermo, Eva-Maria Weerts, Gianfranco Rosi, IDFA, interview, Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Notturno, One World Romania, Orwa Nyrabia, Serge Lalou, Syria, TIFF, Venice International Film Festival, Viennale, war

The new anarchists

Truls Lie / October 27, 2020

EDITORIAL: Can a film director combine both freedom and solidarity?

Bakunin, capitalism, colonialism, Denmark, dictatorships, EDITORIAL, EDITORIAL:, fascist, investigative journalism, Islamophobia, Israeli, Kropotkin, Lebanon, Migration, pandemic, refugees, texas, The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, The Why Foundation

IDFA welcomes Gianfranco Rosi as 2020 guest of honour

Modern Times Review / August 27, 2020

IDFA has announced its 2020 Guest of Honor as Italian director Gianfranco Rosi. Among Rosi’s many accolades, he is the

Berlinale, Gianfranco Rosi, IDFA, Iraq, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Syria, Venice Film Festival

Ittaf, failed Palestinian suicide bomber after many years in prison

Truls Lie / July 30, 2020

Palestine Appendix: Ramallah (2014)

car bomb, freedom, hijab, hunger strike, Islam, Lebanon, niqab, Palestine Appendix, Palestine Appendix:, Quran, suicide

A step at a time

Nick Holdsworth / May 1, 2020

MIGRANTS: Journey into a new life for a Syrian refugee and his son is a poignant story of love and courage.

A New Beginning, Ala'A Mohsen, aleppo, CPH:DOX, DOK.fest München, immigration, Lebanon, migrants, Norway, refugees, Syria, Syrian refugee, Søren Steen Jespersen

Sea Between Us-Beirut-documentary-featured

Can we live together?

Sevara Pan / April 27, 2020

CONFLICT: Two women navigate their lives in Beirut three decades past its civil war

Beirut, Christian, civil war, conflict, direct cinema, DOK.fest München, IDFA, Lebanon, Marlene Edoyan, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, muslim, RIDM, Shiite, Syrian women, The Sea Between Us

Polish the silver, just in case

Bianca-Olivia Nita / May 13, 2019

BEIRUT: A glimpse into a world of privilege both outrageous and bittersweet.

Albert Arcarons, Beirut, Christian, Èric Motjer, la vie en rose, Lebanon, Middle East, Oriol Cortacans

Exposing the misery of the Mafia

Francesca Borri / March 15, 2019

PHOTOGRAPHY: Letizia Battaglia never introduced herself as a photographer of the Mafia. She was taking pictures of Palermo, she says, where the Mafia is simply part of everyday life and routines.

Bari, Bill Maher, Borsellino, boss, copenhagen, Corleone, Cosa Nostra, CPH:DOX, crime, DOK.fest München, Elastica, eyelet, genocide, Giovanni Falcone, Hollywood, HOTDOCS, Il Caffè del Marchese, Italy, jail, Judge, Kim Longinotto, Lebanon, Letizia Battaglia, London, Luciano Leggio, M.I.A., Madonna, Mafia, media, migrants, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, murder, New York Times, Niamh Fagan, Palermo, Paolo Borsellino, photographer, photographs, photography, Porto/Post/Doc, Rosaria Schifani, Shooting the Mafia, Sicily, Sri Lanka, Sundance, Tamil, Tamil Tigers, The Godfather, Thessaloniki, Totò Riina, victims, war

Documentary as a transmission medium

Carmen Gray / January 27, 2019

OPPRESSION: The new documentary Spaces of Exception draws parallels between the experiences of oppression and resistance in Native American reservations and Palestinian refugee camps.

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