Akram Zaatari Movies

"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...

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

This work deals with the discovery of light and of its power to reconstruct images. Through a boy who discovers the possibilities of framing and...

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

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

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

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...

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...