In the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.
As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?
Cast
Joumana Haddad, Georges Moufarej, Perla Joe Maalouli
Crew
- Screenwriter: Myriam El Hajj
- DOPs: Jihad Saadé, Myriam El Hajj, and Mohamed Siam
- Editors: Anita Perez and Stéphanie Sicard
Original Title: متل قصص الحب
Production Company(ies):
- Abbout Productions
- GoGoGo Films
Producer(s):
- Myriam Sassine
- Carine Ruszniewski
- Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama), Germany
- Visions du Réel International Film Festival, Switzerland
- Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada
- Champs Élysées Film Festival, France
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada
- Geneva International Oriental Film Festival – FIFOG, Switzerland
- Arts of Lebanon Festival, UK
- Shanghai International Film Festival, China
- Tofifest - Toruń International Film Festival, Poland
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- International Festival Signs of The Night in Bangkok, Thailand
- Les États Généraux du Documentaire, France
- Fünf Seen Film Festival, Germany
- Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco
- Cinema Politica Concordia, Canada
- Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, USA
- São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
- Lebanese Film Festival of France, France
- Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France
- Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)
- Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland
- Amiens International Film Festival, France
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- Big-Screen Documentary Award at the Amiens International Film Festival
- Best Documentary Award at the Silk Road International Film Festival
- The Grand Jury Prize for French Features at the Champs Élysées Film Festival
- Special Mention for Quality of Subject Treatment at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival – FIFOG
- The Signs Award at the International Festival Signs of The Night in Bangkok
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