Most Popular Akram Zaatari Trailers
Total trailers found: 23
Objects of War Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
‘Objects of War’ is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war. Each person chooses an object, ordinary or unusual, which serves as a starting point for his / her story.
Gift Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
GIFT discusses the idea of public space : on a public beach, right across from a residential block, a young boy begs the filmmaker to let him join soccer players in order to appear on television.
Countdown Trailer (1995)
02 December 1995
Shot on Gouraud Street in Gemayzeh and edited by Zaatari in Beirut, Lebanon.
This Day Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
Unravels a dual journey – extroverted in place, introverted in memory. Beginning with a photograph taken in the 1950s by historian Jibrail Jabbour the film journeys further into Jabbour’s photographic archives, then into the filmmaker’s personal photo-diary of the Israeli invasion of his hometown, Saida.
The Script Trailer (2018)
14 November 2018
The Script is born out of the artist’s research into online content connected with the Arab world. Exploring YouTube using relatively neutral search terms such as ‘father and son’, Zaatari discovered multiple videos depicting fathers praying.
All is Well on the Border Trailer (1997)
31 December 1997
One of Zaatari’s earliest experiments in documentary video, All Is Well on the Border emerged from the filmmaker’s desire to understand Israel’s occupation of Southern Lebanon following the 1982 Lebanon War.
Letter to a Refusing Pilot Trailer (2013)
11 September 2013
Lebanese artist-filmmaker Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his childhood memories: the refusal of an Israeli pilot to bomb a boys' high school in south Lebanon in 1982.
On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle Trailer (2017)
01 January 2017
Taking the idea of loss and dispossession as a starting point, this film is a reflection on photography and its people.
Dance to the End of Love Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
"A 4 channel video installation based on youtube material made by individuals filming themselves in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Yemen, and Libya.
Her + Him Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
In 1998, Akram Zaatari interviewed Egyptian photographer Van Leo in Cairo. In 2001 he made the video Her + Him Van Leo and based it on the story of a woman who once entered Studio Van Leo and asked the artist to take pictures of her naked.
In This House Trailer (2004)
16 June 2004
A documentary crew digs up a letter from a Lebanese socialist resistance fighter.
Baalbek Trailer (2001)
01 November 2001
A journalist and a photographer drift on their way between Beirut and Baalbeck. Their journey is repeated three times in three different ways to evoke current issues and confusion in Lebanon’s present state.
Her + Him Van Leo Trailer (2001)
10 January 2001
This portrait of famed Armenian-Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo, whose career spanned some 50 years, is also a reflection on transformations in the practice of photography, from hand-developing to digital manipulation.
On Photography, People and Modern Times Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
On Photography, People and Modern Times is a two-channel video installation that tracks photographic records that Akram Zaatari researched and collected for the Arab Image Foundation between 1998 and 2000.
Reflection Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
An eleven-minute film by Akram Zaatari from 1995. Memories and images of childhood are reflected both on the screen and in the small mirror that a young boy plays with.
How I Love You Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
How I Love You is an exploration of sexuality among gay men in Lebanon. A couple and three individuals talk about their sex lives, about commitments and failures, about their relationships to their bodies, about their passions and love in a society where homosexuality is still punished by imprisonment.
Beirut Exploded Views Trailer (2014)
05 September 2014
In a city post-apocalypse, young men communicate only through smart devices. They make home out of urban debris.
Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem Trailer (2015)
09 February 2015
Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani, who has run a commercial photography studio in southern Lebanon for the last five decades.
Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright Trailer (2010)
16 June 2010
A late night online chat between two men who haven't met since the turn of the millennium leads to their reunion after ten years of separation.
Mourning Images Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
"Zaatari got his start in the freewheeling and somewhat rough-and-tumble world of Lebanese television in the mid-1990s.
Crazy of You Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Set in the industrial suburbs of Beirut, Majnounak explores male sexuality through interviews with men who recount one of their sexual relationships.
Red Chewing Gum Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
RED CHEWING GUM recounts a story of separation between two men. It is a video letter that is set in the context of the changing Hamra, a formerly booming commercial center.
