Diaries from Lebanon
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Official Selection, Panorama Section, 2025 Berlin International Film Festival
War, politics or revolution. These are the choices faced by Georges, an amputee veteran of the Lebanese Civil War, Joumana, a feminist journalist undemocratically usurped from her parliamentary position, and Perla Joe, a young artist-activist. Three destinies tied to a desire to change a sick country. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?
Myriam El Hajj
Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature documentary A Time to Rest (2015) premiered at Visions du Réel-Nyon in 2015. It screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards. Her second feature documentary Diaries From Lebanon (2024) premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama section. Additionally, Myriam teaches Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. She’s a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and she’s a founding member of Rawiyat — Sisters in Film, a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora.
Bio & photo: Cinema Politica
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