Group of utopian students and researchers enters the race to space andĬreates the Lebanese Rocket Society. In the early 1960s, during the Cold War and the apex of Pan Arabism, a

The Lebanese Rocket Society (The Strange Tale of the Lebanese Space Race)Ģ013, 94 min., Arabic with English subtitles Respecting rites and customs by burying a nonexistent corpse… He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. Quest centering on the image and on their status as filmmakers in thisĢ003, 26 min., Arabic with English subtitles, with Rabih Mroué, Nada Haddad, Neemat Salamé An enquiry that takes the artists from Sanaa to Aden, a personal A year later they are there, following the track of the lostįilm. On the day of the tenth anniversary of the reunification of North and It is the beginning of an unpredictable, unexpectedĢ003, 42 min., Arabic with English subtitlesĪ copy of the first feature film of the artists disappeared in Yemen, Their meeting, the artists hope to find the beauty that their eyes no Through the regions devastated by the conflict. She meetsĪctor Rabih Mroué, longtime friend of the artists. They go to Beirut with the iconic Catherine Deneuve, anĪctress who to them symbolizes a certain genre of cinema. Themselves: What can cinema do? They decide to translate this question To write, what stories to recount, what images to show. To give Malek a second shot at the love he so yearns for.Ģ008, 82 min., French with English subtitles, with Catherine Deneuve and Rabih Mroué Young of Beirut go to dance and forget their troubles, Zeina looks ready And that evening, in a trendy nightclub where the His hesitant mother to declare her husband officially dead in the May be the 'perfect day' to lay their ghosts to rest. His car, each of them trying to live with a void of lost love. Home should her husband return Malek drives around the city alone in Not accepted his father's disappearance after 15 years. Whenever he stops moving, heĭozes off, adding to his disorientation. That interrupts his breathing during sleep. Into the throng of midday Beirut traffic. To her by text message but she does not want to see him.

Stuck in a traffic jam, Malek catches a fleeting glance of theīeautiful Zeina, the woman he loves. Saturday from 12-6 pm in Haus der Kunst's auditorium.Ģ005, 92 min., Arabic with English subtitles, with Julia Kassar, Ziad Saad, Alexandra Kahwaji Redefine the role of images in relation to memory and history andĮxplore the parameters of images and their narratives. Politicized at an early age by the Lebanese civil war (1975–1990), they Joreige focus on the history of their native country of Lebanon. The films and photographs by artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil The exhibition includes an extensive film program: films are presented every Saturday from 12-6 pm in Haus der Kunst's auditorium.

A perfect day 2005