Meyar Al Roumi
, 2001
, 29 min
Meyar Al Roumi returns to his native Damascus, eager to start making films, but he is censored. He draws inspiration from it to paint a portrait of the Syrian filmmakers most affected by censorship.
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
, 2003
, 43 min
It all began with an e-mail: On May 22, 2000 a print of our first feature film, Around the Pink House, disappeared in Yemen under strange circumstances. It was a historic day, the tenth anniversary of the country’s reunification of South and North. We make films in an area of the world that is barely interested…
September 2022
Maher Abi Samra, Marwa Arsanios, Jumana Manna, Christian Ghazi
SOCIAL STUDIES features works by Maher Abi Samra, Marwa Arsanios, Christian Ghazi & Jumana Manna. This program presents Christian Ghazi’s 1969 film A Hundred Faces for a Single Day in conversation with three films from Lebanon and Palestine made between 2008 and 2016. Ghazi’s avant-garde cinematic manifesto captures a society at the cusp between Lebanon’s so-called Golden Age and…
Maher Abi Samra
, 2016
, 67 min
Today, having a live-in maid in Lebanon is no longer a luxury nor a distinction of social class, but a common practice for upper and middle (mostly urban) classes since the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the nationality and ethnicity of…
August 2022
ArteEast is excited to announce the U.S premiere of Memory Box by Joana Hadjithomas And Khalil Joreige at Film Forum starting August 5! All 7:40 pm shows from August 5 – 11 will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers recorded especially for this event. The Q&A is co-presented by ArteEast, and moderated by ArteEast Film Programs Curator Ginou Choueiri. SPECIAL DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR ARTEEAST AUDIENCES! USE THE PROMO CODE ARTEEAST AT CHECKOUT. For tickets…
