Akram Zaatari Movies

Lebanese artist-filmmaker Zaatari conducts both an investigation and a stirring tribute to an act of resistance (or forbearance) that marked his...

The Script is born out of the artist’s research into online content connected with the Arab world. Exploring YouTube using relatively neutral...

Shot on Gouraud Street in Gemayzeh and edited by Zaatari in Beirut, Lebanon.

GIFT discusses the idea of public space : on a public beach, right across from a residential block, a young boy begs the filmmaker to let him join...

It is a critique of television's promotion of political figures. A candidate running for presidency talks about his political agenda and addresses...

This is a recording of a silent moment, in which 2 men prepare themselves for a military action. While the older one leaves in the end, weapon to his...

This portrait of famed Armenian-Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo, whose career spanned some 50 years, is also a reflection on transformations in...

One of Zaatari’s earliest experiments in documentary video, All Is Well on the Border emerged from the filmmaker’s desire to understand...