Ali Cherri Movies
- 2023
Room 999
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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...
- 2023
The Dam
The Dam6.32023HD
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...
- 2024
The Watchman
The Watchman02024HD
Halil spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali...
- 2003
Ashes
Ashes7.52003HD
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...
- 2020
The Blue Star
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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...
- 2015
The Digger
The Digger52015HD
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...
- 1970
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...
- 2013
The Disquiet
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Earth-shattering events are relatively par for the course in Lebanon, with war, political upheaval and a number of social revolts. While the Lebanese...
- 2017
Somniculus
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Filmed inside a series of empty museum galleries across Paris, Somniculus (the Latin word for “light sleep”) articulates the tension...
- 2013
Gazing at the Catastrophe
Gazing at the Catastrophe02013HD
In Gazing at the Catastrophe, Ali Cherri reflects on how suffering has become increasingly integrated into his daily life. Witnessing of atrocities,...
- 2011
Pipe Dreams
Pipe Dreams02011HD
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...
- 1970
Of Men and Gods and Mud
Of Men and Gods and Mud01970HD
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....
- 2005
A Circle Around the Sun
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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...