SYNOPSIS
Filmed during the maelstrom of Lebanon’s early 2020s, Myriam El Hajj’s Diaries from Lebanon uses a diaristic structure to tell the story of a country plagued by legislative tyrants, state censorship, and a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut. El Hajj’s deeply personal film renders the tireless attempts of the Lebanese people to restructure their country against seemingly insurmountable strife. Incorporating the perspectives of an amputee veteran of the Lebanese Civil War, a feminist journalist undemocratically usurped from her parliamentary position in 2018, and a young artist-activist.
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DIRECTOR
Myriam El Hajj
SEE COMPLETE PROFILEMyriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature documentary A Time to Rest premiered at Visions du Réel-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards. Her second feature documentary Diaries From Lebanon world premiered at 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.
CAREER
Visions du Réel · Hot Docs · Berlinale · Sarajevo Film Festival · Shanghai International Film Festival
