20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Rania Stephan was born in Beirut. Anchored in the turbulent reality of her home country, her documentary work brings a personal perspective to political events, 2022 SPECIAL SCREENINGS in which encounters are captured on film with compassion and humour. Her debut feature-length film, The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011), considered a modern classic, is internationally acclaimed and has won numerous prizes. In Fields of Words: Conversations with Samar Yazbek (2022) won the Best Film Award at the Villa Medici Film Festival.
This filmic dialogue between Syrian writer-in-exile Samar Yazbek and the f ilmmaker asks vital questions about cinema and literature in the face of war, death and violence. Weaving together a variety of visual and sonic elements, the film explores the writer’s work with her own tools: words. A pertinent poetic and political testimony of our troubled times.
Director : Rania Stephan
Screenwriter : Stephan
Cinematographer : Rania Stephan
Editor : Rania Stephan
Sound : Rania Stephan
Production Company : Joun Films Beirut