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7:00 PM
"Diaries from Lebanon", Myriam El Hajj
Film screening and Q&A|Halaqat II - Echoes of Equality
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Bozar, Brussels
- Language Film in original version AR/FR/EN with subtitles EN, Q&A
- Price 6,00-8,00€
Halaqat, the project fostering exchange between Europe and the Arab region, enters a new phase in January. With a film series by Arab filmmakers and an evening with Prix Goncourt winner Leïla Slimani organised at and with Bozar from 22 until 28 January 2025, this new round provides a space for cultural actors in Arab countries and Europe to artistically reflect on topics of care.
We close our series with the documentary 'Diaries from Lebanon' by Myriam El Hajj (2024).
In the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.
In 2018, Joumana, a fiery feminist writer, poet and activist runs for election defying a political system that has been suffocating Lebanon for 40 years. She gets elected, only to be ousted the very next day through fraud, leaving her supporters furious. In 2019, the people’s rage turns into a revolution. The streets swell with thousands of voices. Among them Perla Joe, a fearless woman who rapidly becomes a symbol of this uprising. Georges is the guardian of that mysterious and violent past. He is a veteran of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) where he lost a leg but clung to his delusions of “glory.”
Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A Time To Rest, premiered at Visions du Réel-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards. El Hajj teaches Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC. She’s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film — a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora. Diaries from Lebanon is her last work which premiered at Berlinale 2024, in the Panorama section
The screenings on 25 and 26 January at 7:00 pm will be followed by a Q&A with the film director. The film will be shown as well on 1 February at 7:00 pm. Halaqat (2024-2027) is funded by the European Union (DG Near) and starts on 1 September 2024 for a total duration of 32 months, until Spring 2027, in five countries: Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
We close our series with the documentary 'Diaries from Lebanon' by Myriam El Hajj (2024).
In the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.
In 2018, Joumana, a fiery feminist writer, poet and activist runs for election defying a political system that has been suffocating Lebanon for 40 years. She gets elected, only to be ousted the very next day through fraud, leaving her supporters furious. In 2019, the people’s rage turns into a revolution. The streets swell with thousands of voices. Among them Perla Joe, a fearless woman who rapidly becomes a symbol of this uprising. Georges is the guardian of that mysterious and violent past. He is a veteran of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) where he lost a leg but clung to his delusions of “glory.”
Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A Time To Rest, premiered at Visions du Réel-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards. El Hajj teaches Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC. She’s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film — a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora. Diaries from Lebanon is her last work which premiered at Berlinale 2024, in the Panorama section
The screenings on 25 and 26 January at 7:00 pm will be followed by a Q&A with the film director. The film will be shown as well on 1 February at 7:00 pm. Halaqat (2024-2027) is funded by the European Union (DG Near) and starts on 1 September 2024 for a total duration of 32 months, until Spring 2027, in five countries: Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.