Director: Mohamed Sabbah

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Biography: Beirut based director Mohamad Moe Sabbah studied filmmaking at the ALBA institute, where he received a BA in 2011 and an MA in 2014. His short films got international attention, with The Return he was invited to the Short Film Corner in Cannes in 2012. In the winter semester 2015/16 Sabbah was a guest of the International Class (ICLA) of the Film Academy Ludwigsburg in Germany to work on the script development for his first feature length film, Chronic. Mohamad Sabbah has also been working as assistant director and director on TV commercials, campaigns and music videos. His 2017 music video of Zahzah X Khansa’s adaption of Mohammad Abdel Wahab’s 1929 Khayef rose wide attention.

Known for

Chronic

Omar, a photographer, has a special experience with death. He is trying to express it through a new project. One day, three photo sessions and witnesses. Between the walls of a studio, one photographer and three people meet up after a casting. Bodies express stories of sex, love and trauma in the city of Beirut.
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An artistic exploration of living with sexually transmitted infections through a cinematic dialogue by two filmmakers. Danielle has filmed herself since she found out that she is HIV positive in 2009. She observes how “her” disease interferes with her body, in raw, violent, and melancholic images. Mohamed is a gay man who lived a challenging experience with HPV. Purely visual moments transmit physical sensations and emotions in his poetical fiction. Danielle and Mohamed invite an ensemble of actors to express and embody the stories of five other Lebanese individuals. While exploring the shame related to STI experiences, Danielle and Mohamed touch base with their own conflict. The images and stories interact. Transformation is happening, and the process of resilience begins.
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