Akram Zaatari Movies

  • 2014
    Beirut Exploded Views

    Beirut Exploded Views

    Beirut Exploded Views

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    In a city post-apocalypse, young men communicate only through smart devices. They make home out of urban debris. They can’t speak to each...

    Beirut Exploded Views
  • 2013
    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot

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    Lebanese artist-filmmaker Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his...

    Letter to a Refusing Pilot
  • 1995
    Mourning Images

    Mourning Images

    Mourning Images

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    "Zaatari got his start in the freewheeling and somewhat rough-and-tumble world of Lebanese television in the mid-1990s. Zaatari was hired in 1995 as...

    Mourning Images
  • 1995
    Countdown

    Countdown

    Countdown

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    Shot on Gouraud Street in Gemayzeh and edited by Zaatari in Beirut, Lebanon.

    Countdown
  • 2015
    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem

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    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani, who has run a commercial photography studio in southern Lebanon...

    Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem
  • 2011
    Dance to the End of Love

    Dance to the End of Love

    Dance to the End of Love

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    "A 4 channel video installation based on youtube material made by individuals filming themselves in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,...

    Dance to the End of Love
  • 2000
    Red Chewing Gum

    Red Chewing Gum

    Red Chewing Gum

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    RED CHEWING GUM recounts a story of separation between two men. It is a video letter that is set in the context of the changing Hamra, a formerly...

    Red Chewing Gum
  • 2017
    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle

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    Taking the idea of loss and dispossession as a starting point, this film is a reflection on photography and its people. It looks at the position of...

    On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle