Akram Zaatari Movies

‘Objects of War’ is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war. Each person chooses an object, ordinary or unusual, which serves as a...

TEACH ME is an interpretation of iconic images. This short essay is built on the ascription of a new meaning to TV news footage. The mingling of news...

The Script is born out of the artist’s research into online content connected with the Arab world. Exploring YouTube using relatively neutral...

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...

A journalist and a photographer drift on their way between Beirut and Baalbeck. Their journey is repeated three times in three different ways to...

This work deals with the discovery of light and of its power to reconstruct images. Through a boy who discovers the possibilities of framing and...

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...

Unravels a dual journey – extroverted in place, introverted in memory. Beginning with a photograph taken in the 1950s by historian Jibrail...

A reflection on film and television, this video travels the globe mixing footage of real-life war and reel entertainment. COUNTDOWN explores our...

Lebanese artist-filmmaker Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his...

This is a recording of a silent moment, in which 2 men prepare themselves for a military action. While the older one leaves in the end, weapon to his...

Set in the industrial suburbs of Beirut, Majnounak explores male sexuality through interviews with men who recount one of their sexual relationships....

It is a critique of television's promotion of political figures. A candidate running for presidency talks about his political agenda and addresses...

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. The...

In the courtyard of an old house in Saida, a woman is rehearsing a scene from a movie. She introduces her family, and the camera records both...

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...

Taking the idea of loss and dispossession as a starting point, this film is a reflection on photography and its people. It looks at the position of...

In a city post-apocalypse, young men communicate only through smart devices. They make home out of urban debris. They can’t speak to each...

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...