Lebanon
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IDFA welcomes Gianfranco Rosi as 2020 guest of honour
IDFA has announced its 2020 Guest of Honor as Italian director Gianfranco Rosi. Among Rosi’s many accolades, he is the only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with documentary films, the Venice Golden Lion with Sacro GRA (2013) and the #Berlinale Golden Bear with Fire at Sea (2016). Rosi’s entire body of…
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Ittaf, failed Palestinian suicide bomber after many years in prison
Palestine Appendix: Ramallah (2014)
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A step at a time
MIGRANTS: Journey into a new life for a Syrian refugee and his son is a poignant story of love and courage.
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Can we live together?
CONFLICT: Two women navigate their lives in Beirut three decades past its civil war
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Polish the silver, just in case
BEIRUT: A glimpse into a world of privilege both outrageous and bittersweet.
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Exposing the misery of the Mafia
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.
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Documentary as a transmission medium
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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How time and lies make true stories disappear
BEIRUT: In Beirut, one man creates a puzzle of the city’s past in order to tell some painful stories left untold but not forgotten.
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Understanding Hizbollah
Faith and Resistance argues that religion and rational thought are compatible.