Short Trailer

@ MEIFF

Little Mornings - Beirut
WILL BE SCREENED TWICE @ MEIFF
(Middle East International Film Festival -Abu Dhabi)

Wed 15 oct : Emirates Palace : 9:30 am

Thu 16 oct : Cinestar Marina Mall 1 18:30 pm

See you there

Poster - Synopses

A city is waking up.
Early in the morning.
Time for Poetry.
Time for mistery.
Time for Time for Chatting.
Time for magic.
Time for observtion.

The sunrise and all its magic. People launch the day in the streets. They wash yesterday's memories, to begin a new day, and new memories. From the side walk over the sea, where old men are chatting, to the mini van descending on the vibrating picture of the city. Beirut is discovered. In the morning the poetry become no more written, it's seen in the air, on the ground of the baker and his fire… Faces looking like poetry, poetry looking like faces. A city is stripping in front of you. She only keeps her sea on.Beirut, a city imprisoned by the sea, a sea imprisoned by the city.

About The Director

Ali Zaraket:

Born in 1983, Beirut. Studied audio-visual arts in ALBA (Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts). Have been writing film and art reviews for Assafir, and Annahar newspapers since 2002. Published a poetry book in 2006 titled "An Empty Book".


Flimography:

- "Once upon a time Volunteer": short documentary, 24', on the volunteer work in Lebanon. Produced by "Social Movement" NGO in 2002. It had been shown two times from the in public screenings by the "Social movement" for its volunteers.

- "On the road of Adlieh": short fiction, 13', on the religious segregation in Beirut. Produced by ALBA 2004.

- "It would be Tomorrow": short documentary, 5', on the death of culture in Hamra Street in Beirut. Produced by ALBA 2005. Screened one time by ALBA, and will be screened another time by myself in my book signature ceremony.

- "The 14th of February 2005": short fiction, 9'. Produced by ALBA 2005. A Moment of Love and A moment of Fire. Every thing changes after that day, in love and in fire.

- "Intersection" and "Run away": two experimental films, 2' and 3', studying the possibility of making the camera to become an actor. Produced by Ali Zaraket 2005. Screened in Bordeaux, France, in an audio visual workshop.

- "Because of Tomorrow": Documentary, 59', Produced By Alba 2005. The legend of Beirut, the city was known of being liberal, beautiful, cultivated and revolted. Where are we, now, from this legend? The film presents 4 deferent cultivated personages, from Beirut, and visits the streets of the city and unseen places. The public park, the stairs of art, the cemeteries, and the pedestrian bridge, in all of those locations the city push us to hallucination. The film mixes between different arts and visual techniques, in the aim of finding the place of the legend. Is it possible to find it? It had been screened in two public screenings, one by ALBA, and another one by Docudays (Beirut International Documentary Film Festival). It was the only Lebanese film in the international competition in Docudays 2005. It had been written about it in four different newspapers.

- "The Last Song": Short Fiction, 29', Produced by Alba 2006. Lokman is a well known Lebanese poet and painter. In his 43 years, he lived all the experiences in life. Lived in Lebanon in time of war and peace, and always had made the most marginal choices. In his birthday, Lokman invites all of his friends to his own house. In the party, every one of the friends had prepared a small surprise for Lokman, a present that makes him remember all the time they have been together, and opens horizons for new relationships. They are dipped in a warm feeling. Lokman too had prepared a special surprise. In a theatrical act, he tells a small poem that speaks about love, feelings, life, and death, saying that death can be a vital act if we choose it, if we choose to suicide.

- "Little Mornings": Documentary, 25', produced by Moments Productions 2007. The sunrise and all its magic. People launching the day in the street. They wash yesterday's memories, to begin a new day, and new memories. From the side walk over the sea, where old men are chatting, to the mini van descending on the vibrating picture of the city, Beirut is discovered. In the morning the poetry become no more written, it's seen in the air, in the flour of the baker and his fire… Faces looking like poetry, poetry looking like faces. A city is stripping in front of you, nothing is left but the road guiding to the sea. Beirut, a city imprisoned by the sea, a sea imprisoned by the city.

Photos

Little Mornings - Beirut

Photos from the film