What is identity? What is dignity? What is a path? And what is a destination?
These are the questions at the heart of the narrative.) Three interwoven stories complement one another like pieces of a puzzle—each shedding light on different dimensions of the others. Through their journeys, three characters seek to experience the taste of arrival, each striving to build a better life while navigating the complexities of displacement, hope, and belonging
I have this camera, Sony Handycam, since 2012.
I got it during my first participation in a film workshop, which was in Beirut.
Since then, this camera traveled with me through several cities, and together we went through all kinds of memories and experiences, sweet and bitter.
It helped me start my journey of self-discovery, and the search for a visual language in which I could express my feelings and thoughts.
The materials used in this video were filmed between 2012 and 2021 ...
Is this a coincidence ?!
What is inspiration, how does it begin? When does it come? And why?
Questions that haunt every artist...
Lana is a composer and musician. With her music, she transcends geographical borders and cultures, seeking beauty and inspiration among the strokes of cello bows.
Ala Al Tawakul (Reliance) filmed between 2012 and 2013, it is a film about Abdulellah, a former policeman in Syria. As with so many Syrians Abdulellah’s life was forever changed by the revolution in Syria. Being a policeman he was initially supportive of the regime but found it increasingly difficult to carry out his duties against his consciousness. In the end he found no other way out than to desert and join the free Syrian army. During his first battle he was seriously injured and is now recovering in Istanbul.