Ali Cherri Movies

  • 2023
    Room 999

    Room 999

    Room 999

    5.82023HD

    In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...

    Room 999
  • 2023
    The Dam

    The Dam

    The Dam

    6.32023HD

    Merowe Dam in North Sudan. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the...

    The Dam
  • 2024
    The Watchman

    The Watchman

    The Watchman

    02024HD

    Halil spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali...

    The Watchman
  • 2003
    Ashes

    Ashes

    Ashes

    7.52003HD

    Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting...

    Ashes
  • 2020
    The Blue Star

    The Blue Star

    The Blue Star

    02020HD

    It all happened on a dark night. The Man was tired of being a stranger, tired of being insulted by others simply because he speaks Arabic to a wife...

    The Blue Star
  • 2015
    The Digger

    The Digger

    The Digger

    52015HD

    In the Sharjah desert, Sultan Zeib Khan makes the rounds of the ruins of a Neolithic necropolis where the foundations of the nation are kept. Amid...

    The Digger
  • 1970
    Untitled (To the Lebanese Citizens)

    Untitled (To the Lebanese Citizens)

    Untitled (To the Lebanese Citizens)

    01970HD

    During the July War of 2006, as warships evacuated foreigners and dual-nationality Lebanese, the “State of Israel” intercepted the...

    Untitled (To the Lebanese Citizens)
  • 2013
    The Disquiet

    The Disquiet

    The Disquiet

    02013HD

    Earth-shattering events are relatively par for the course in Lebanon, with war, political upheaval and a number of social revolts. While the Lebanese...

    The Disquiet
  • 2017
    Somniculus

    Somniculus

    Somniculus

    02017HD

    Filmed inside a series of empty museum galleries across Paris, Somniculus (the Latin word for “light sleep”) articulates the tension...

    Somniculus
  • 2013
    Gazing at the Catastrophe

    Gazing at the Catastrophe

    Gazing at the Catastrophe

    02013HD

    In Gazing at the Catastrophe, Ali Cherri reflects on how suffering has become increasingly integrated into his daily life. Witnessing of atrocities,...

    Gazing at the Catastrophe
  • 2011
    Pipe Dreams

    Pipe Dreams

    Pipe Dreams

    02011HD

    Between dreamscapes and reality, this video is a journey in three chapters, on the backdrop of the uprising in the Arab world. A Rise, a Decline, and...

    Pipe Dreams
  • 1970
    Of Men and Gods and Mud

    Of Men and Gods and Mud

    Of Men and Gods and Mud

    01970HD

    Ali Cherri’s Of Men and Gods and Mud follows a group of brickmakers as they produce building materials from mud at a factory in northern Sudan....

    Of Men and Gods and Mud
  • 2005
    A Circle Around the Sun

    A Circle Around the Sun

    A Circle Around the Sun

    02005HD

    In a cyclical structure from dark to light, this film is a reflection on growing up in Beirut during the civil war years and adapting to the "post...

    A Circle Around the Sun