DIARIES FROM LEBANON

SUSPENDU - JOURNAL DU LIBAN

By Myriam EL HAJJ

MAD SOLUTIONS - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2024

War, Politics or Revolution. These are the choices of Georges, Joumana, and Perla Joe. Three destinies, and the same desire to change a sick country: Lebanon. How to keep on dreaming when all around us is falling apart?

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2024
Panorama
Visions du Réel International Film Festival, Switzerland 2024
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada 2024
Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada 2024
Champs Élysées Film Festival, France 2024
The Grand Jury Prize for French Features
Geneva International Oriental Film Festival – FIFOG, Switzerland 2024
Special Mention for Quality of Subject Treatment
Arts of Lebanon Festival, UK 2024
Shanghai International Film Festival, China 2024
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • LEBANON, FRANCE, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Myriam EL HAJJ
    • Writer(s)
    • Myriam EL HAJJ
    • Producer(s)
    • Myriam SASSINE, Carine RUSZNIEWSKI
    • Synopsis
    • 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?