SARCOPHAGUS OF DRUNKEN LOVES

Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
France, Lebanon 2024, 8'

Nowadays, Lebanon is often deprived of electricity. It is not a one-time accident but a new state. In the national museum, visitors find themselves in darkness and use their phones to light the traces of past civilizations as their world crumbles. And so, in the darkness, shadows ap- pear and things organise themselves differently, strangely.

Joana Hadjithomas
Director

Joana Hadjithomas

Filmmakers and artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige work between photography, installations, video, and cinema, whether documentary or fiction films. They question storytelling, the fabrication of images and representations, the construction of imaginaries, and the writing of history. Their multi-awarded films include “Memory Box” (2021), “Ismyrna” (2016), “The Lebanese Rocket…

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Khalil Joreige
Director

Khalil Joreige

Κινηματογραφιστές και καλλιτέχνες, η Joana Hadjithomas και ο Khalil Joreige εργάζονται με τα μέσα της φωτογραφίας, των εγκαταστάσεων, του βίντεο και του κινηματογράφου, δημιουργώντας ντοκιμαντέρ και ταινίες μυθοπλασίας. Στο έργο τους θέτουν ερωτήματα για την αφηγηματικότητα, την επινόηση εικόνων και αναπαραστάσεων, την κατασκευή του φαντασιακού και τη συγγραφή της ιστορίας.…

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