Children of Beyrouth
Sarah Srage / 59 min / 2017
How can I define my relationship with a city that is constantly forcing me into perdition? I ask my father Nader, a former government official, about his work during the reconstruction of Beirut.
To rebuild, you have to destroy, it seems. Reconstruction turned into a relentless series of real estate projects that erased the traces that linked us to our city.
Today, I'm filming Dalieh, a unique territory threatened with extinction. It's the last public place where the people of Beirut meet the sea. A major real estate project is planned there.
There's still time to look at Dalieh - what's left of our city.
Fiche technique
Photography : Félix Albert and Sarah Srage
Sound: Ramzi D. Mady
Image editing: Mathias Bouffier
Sound editing: Patrice Raynal
Projections et festivals
With the support of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the CNC, the Direction Générale des Patrimoines of the French Ministry of Culture, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and Procirep-Angoa. Co-produced with Lyon Capitale Tv.
Festival Cinéma du Réel (Paris), Etats Généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, AFAC, Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen Orient (PCMMO), Festival Images de la ville d'Aix en Provence, Festival International de Films Pêcheurs du Monde de Lorient, German International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF) in Koblenz.
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