Roadblock

Director: Dahlia Nemlich
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Selected at Clermont Ferrand Film Market, France
World premiered at the El-Gouna Film Festival
Touches on some political aspects that ignited the 2019 Lebanese revolution
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2020/ Lebanon16 min/ Drama
Original Title
Hagez
SYNOPSIS
On her way back from a protest during the 2019 Revolution in Beirut, Farah — a Lebanese activist — and her French Lebanese boyfriend Anthony are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah.
CAST
Ahmed Hammadi Chassin
Julian Farhat
Pascale Seigneurie
Mohamad Yassine
CREW
Screenwriter: Pascale Seigneurie
DOP: Fatma Racha Shehadeh
Editor: Adam Jammal
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Production Company(ies)
Dewberries Films
Producer(s)
Marine Vaillant
film festivals
El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
Asiatica Film Festival, Italy
Clermont Ferrand Film Market, France
Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine
Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva
Sarasota Film Festival, US
Olhares Do Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival
Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada
Larissa International Film Festival, Greece
Festival du Film Court Francophone, France
Bogoshorts Film Festival, Columbia
Arab Film Festival, San Fransisco
film awards
FIFOG Silver at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva
arab cinema center
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