Geographies

Geographies explores our direct relationship to nature and how our survival is deeply interconnected with the land. These films discuss how climate change impacts our relationships to both natural and human made spaces, and the creatures we share them with.

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Runtime:

100

mins

When Beirut Was Beirut

Alessandra El Chanti

Qatar

Lebanon

2021

Animation

mins

Language:

Arabic

If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.

Voices and Locks

İlham Bakir

Türkiye

2022

Drama

mins

Language:

Armenian, Kurdish

Will childhood memories be able to solve the property conflict problem of two childhood friends who have been apart for forty years?

Three Meters and a Few Centimeters

Mostafa Salehi Nezhad

Iran

2020

Documentary

mins

Language:

Farsi

In an Iranian city, Coronavirus has caused many deaths. According to the obligations of the religion, someone must wash the virus-infected dead bodies by hand.

The Land

Mohamad Sabbah

Lebanon

2020

Documentary

mins

Language:

Arabic

'The Land' documents the uprising of the people of Bisri and activists from all of Lebanon against the construction of the dangerous dam leading up to the Bisri Valley's liberation.

La Piscine

Margaux Fitoussi

Myriam Amri

Tunisia

2022

Experimental

mins

Language:

Arabic

An afternoon of play under the sun in the greatest pool of all, the Mediterranean.

Gladiolus

Azadeh Navai

Iran

United States

2022

Documentary

mins

Language:

Farsi

An ode to a flower that once enjoyed prominence in Iranian culture, Gladiolus tells the story of its ubiquitous role in life’s important ceremonies and how it became a victim of its own popularity.