Monday, November 3, 2008
Environs of Seeing
Environs of Seeing
THE ARAB FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
The Environs of Seeing: new documentary video from Lebanon, Syria, and the UK, curated by Peter Limbrick. Co-presented with Kino21 (http://www.kino21.org)
The work in these programs is marked by an interest in place, perception, and the relationship between them-the environs of seeing. The videos in the first program, all made around Beirut, reflect on the sensed experience of war, everyday life, and the videomaker’s role in documenting it; those in the second program show how place mediates artistic expression and even identity itself.
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, TUES OCTOBER 28
Introduced by Peter Limbrick
6:30 pm
Program 1: In the Real of the Senses – Videos from Lebanon
Nights and Days, Lamia Joreige (Lebanon, 2008, 17min)
Posthumous, dir. Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon, 2007, 28min)
Merely a Smell, Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon, 2007, 11min)
Roundabout Chatila, Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon, 2005, 50min)
Nights and Days, Lamia Joreige (Lebanon, 2008, 17min)
Posthumous, dir. Ghassan Salhab (Lebanon, 2007, 28min)
Merely a Smell, Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon, 2007, 11min)
Roundabout Chatila, Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon, 2005, 50min)
(Total Running Time 106 min)
9 pm
Program 2: Immediacy of Place – Videos from Lebanon, Syria, and the UK
Against the Light, dir. Koutaiba al Janabi (UK/Czech Republic, 2007, 15min)
Waiting for the Day, dir. Meyar al Roumi (France/Syria, 2003, 50min)
Refugees for Life, dir. Hady Zaccak (Lebanon, 2008, 48min)
(Total Running Time: 113)
PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE, BERKELEY, TUES NOV 4, 7.30pm (part of the Alternative Visions series).
Introduced by Peter Limbrick
In the Real of the Senses – Videos from Lebanon (see title listing above)
