Lebanon is a completely f**ed up country and has been for many years, with local cinema, either in the form of features or documentaries, presenting the fact in the most eloquent fashion. Myriam El Hajj also moves in the same path, through a docudrama implementing the form of three video diaries, which narrates four tumultuous years in the recent history of the nation, starting with 2018.
Diaries from Lebanon is screening at Berlin International Film Festival
The three arcs revolve around three individuals and two events. Joumana is a feminist writer, poet and activist, who, in 2018 ran in the elections for the Lebanese parliament, eventually managing to be elected. In the Lebanese system, however, such events are not to be tolerated, with her being fraudulently ousted the very next day, leaving her supporters furious, with her arc showing how she fared after the whole endeavor. Perla Joe is also a...
Diaries from Lebanon is screening at Berlin International Film Festival
The three arcs revolve around three individuals and two events. Joumana is a feminist writer, poet and activist, who, in 2018 ran in the elections for the Lebanese parliament, eventually managing to be elected. In the Lebanese system, however, such events are not to be tolerated, with her being fraudulently ousted the very next day, leaving her supporters furious, with her arc showing how she fared after the whole endeavor. Perla Joe is also a...
- 3/3/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Middle East and North Africa-based independent film distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has inked a deal with Australian production company Dream Creations International for the distribution rights of Daizy Gedeon’s documentary Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour.
Dream Creations and Front Row will be submitting the documentary to the Lebanese censorship board in the coming week.
Provided it passes censorship in Lebanon, there will be a Lebanese theatrical premiere in October followed by the rest of the Middle East and a string of international territories throughout the fall, as well as a streaming release in February 2022.
Shot over four years and across four continents, the film addresses the 2019 October Revolution and the global social justice movement that was triggered among the millions of Lebanese diaspora who rallied to support their families and friends back home.
There are exclusive interviews with many of the key political leaders at the time, including...
Dream Creations and Front Row will be submitting the documentary to the Lebanese censorship board in the coming week.
Provided it passes censorship in Lebanon, there will be a Lebanese theatrical premiere in October followed by the rest of the Middle East and a string of international territories throughout the fall, as well as a streaming release in February 2022.
Shot over four years and across four continents, the film addresses the 2019 October Revolution and the global social justice movement that was triggered among the millions of Lebanese diaspora who rallied to support their families and friends back home.
There are exclusive interviews with many of the key political leaders at the time, including...
- 9/1/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Australian-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker Daizy Gedeon is en route to Cannes where she will receive a prize Monday night at the Better World Fund gala. Her latest film, “Enough — Lebanon’s Darkest Hour,” is an expose of how the country has fallen into chaos.
The darkest hour that she refers to is neither the 2020 port explosion, nor the bizarre flight of fugitive auto industry executive Carlos Ghosn. Rather it is the country’s descent over the past several years into a state of turmoil caused by the state’s capture by selfish elites.
“Before the explosion, the country was already cowering under the weight of decades of civil conflict, unrelenting regional turmoil but mostly from endemic, systemic corruption and pure greed,” says Gedeon. “Lebanon has become an allegory for kleptocratic regimes that have seen a resurgence across the globe, and their catastrophic impact.”
Gedeon has been based in Australia since 1987 and manages media company Gdr.
The darkest hour that she refers to is neither the 2020 port explosion, nor the bizarre flight of fugitive auto industry executive Carlos Ghosn. Rather it is the country’s descent over the past several years into a state of turmoil caused by the state’s capture by selfish elites.
“Before the explosion, the country was already cowering under the weight of decades of civil conflict, unrelenting regional turmoil but mostly from endemic, systemic corruption and pure greed,” says Gedeon. “Lebanon has become an allegory for kleptocratic regimes that have seen a resurgence across the globe, and their catastrophic impact.”
Gedeon has been based in Australia since 1987 and manages media company Gdr.
- 7/9/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Australian filmmaker and journalist Daizy Gedeon will be recognised at a Better World Fund (Bwf) gala event in Cannes on Monday, where she will be presented with the Movie That Matters Award.
Given annually by Filmfestivals.com, the prize is for her new feature documentary Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour, which which will premiere in the Cannes Marche du Film next week.
The gala is one of a series of high-end advocacy events hosted by Bwf, which drives support for United Nations causes.
Gedeon, who was born in Lebanon and raised in Australia, said she was “speechless” that the foundation had chosen to honour her film.
“It is humbling that the humanitarian message of my film has been acknowledged by a body that identifies and rewards “cinematic art in the service of humanity,” she said.
“The serendipity of our two worlds colliding is awe-inspiring and provides me with great hope that...
Given annually by Filmfestivals.com, the prize is for her new feature documentary Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour, which which will premiere in the Cannes Marche du Film next week.
The gala is one of a series of high-end advocacy events hosted by Bwf, which drives support for United Nations causes.
Gedeon, who was born in Lebanon and raised in Australia, said she was “speechless” that the foundation had chosen to honour her film.
“It is humbling that the humanitarian message of my film has been acknowledged by a body that identifies and rewards “cinematic art in the service of humanity,” she said.
“The serendipity of our two worlds colliding is awe-inspiring and provides me with great hope that...
- 7/8/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
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