Akram Zaatari Movies
- 2000
Objects of War
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‘Objects of War’ is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war. Each person chooses an object, ordinary or unusual, which serves as a...
- 2014
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...
- 2011
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,...
- 2001
Baalbek
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A journalist and a photographer drift on their way between Beirut and Baalbeck. Their journey is repeated three times in three different ways to...
- 2015
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...
- 1995
Gift
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GIFT discusses the idea of public space : on a public beach, right across from a residential block, a young boy begs the filmmaker to let him join...
- 1970
Lumiere
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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...
- 2013
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...
- 2010
Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright
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A late night online chat between two men who haven't met since the turn of the millennium leads to their reunion after ten years of separation. The...
- 2018
The Script
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The Script is born out of the artist’s research into online content connected with the Arab world. Exploring YouTube using relatively neutral...
- 1970
Nature Morte
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This is a recording of a silent moment, in which 2 men prepare themselves for a military action. While the older one leaves in the end, weapon to his...
- 1970
Apprends-Moi
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TEACH ME is an interpretation of iconic images. This short essay is built on the ascription of a new meaning to TV news footage. The mingling of news...
- 2019
The Landing
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- 1970
The Candidate
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It is a critique of television's promotion of political figures. A candidate running for presidency talks about his political agenda and addresses...
- 2017
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...
- 1995
Reflection
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An eleven-minute film by Akram Zaatari from 1995. Memories and images of childhood are reflected both on the screen and in the small mirror that a...
- 2012
Her + Him
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In 1998, Akram Zaatari interviewed Egyptian photographer Van Leo in Cairo. In 2001 he made the video Her + Him Van Leo and based it on the story of a...
- 2003
This Day
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Unravels a dual journey – extroverted in place, introverted in memory. Beginning with a photograph taken in the 1950s by historian Jibrail...
- 2010
On Photography, People and Modern Times
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On Photography, People and Modern Times is a two-channel video installation that tracks photographic records that Akram Zaatari researched and...
- 1997
All is Well on the Border
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One of Zaatari’s earliest experiments in documentary video, All Is Well on the Border emerged from the filmmaker’s desire to understand...