Letting hands tell the story


"Hands" - documentary film by Eli Souaiby. Photo: Eli Souaiby

10.01.2011
In his documentary film “Hands”, Lebanese filmmaker Eli Souaiby has interviewed a series of women about the worst experience of their lives – pointing the camera exclusively at their hands while they speak

Lebanese filmmaker Rania Rafei uncovers mysteries of love in Copenhagen


Rania Rafeï and Salim Mourad, Lebanese film makers / photo: Helle Nordberg, IMS

03.01.2011
Lebanese filmmaker Rania Rafei talks to IMS about her short film “Notes on Love in CPH” produced during her intensive month in Copenhagen where she met with Danish counterparts and studied documentary filmmaking techniques

Documentary film examines loneliness


Scene from Rana Salem's "Essay in a room". (Screenshot from the film)

25.11.2010
Rana Salem’s film “Essay in a Room” nakedly examines loneliness through the eyes of Danish women.   She showcased her documentary at the CPH:DOX film festival earlier this month

Documentaries - the democratic current in the Arab world


From left: Mohammad Soueid, Al Arabiya, Yosri Fouda, ONTV, Giles Trendle, Al Jazeera. Photo: Rasmus Steen/IMS

12.11.2010
The documentary world in the Middle East is buzzing. But where are the European documentaries on Arab TV and vice versa?

Programme for screening of 18 documentaries at film school, 8 November

03.11.2010

Programme for screening of 18 documentaries from Lebanon and Denmark at the National Danish Film School, 8 November 2010.
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