Tamara Saade

A year after Beirut’s port explosion, Basma and Mariam reunite in their old bedroom. Surrounded by a view of the port’s remains, the two women attempt to resolve their shared trauma and broken relationship.

Esma est une jeune danseuse de cabaret d'origine algérienne en quête de liberté. Hantirah, un jeune syrien futur médecin et promis à un avenir tracé par ses parents, est tiraillé entre son amour pour elle et son engagement envers sa fiancée, étudiante en médecine comme lui. Le jour de l’Eid, entre les rues de Barbès et le cabaret queer où se produit Aragoz, le meilleur ami égyptien d’Hantirah, on découvre une jeunesse moderne d’origines arabes diverses.

A visit to a cosmetic-surgery clinic and the discovery of a lump in his testicle and an abscess in his mouth confront filmmaker Selim Mourad with transience and decay in this unashamedly navel-gazing film essay. ‘Selim from Beirut’ is the last in a long list of names of extinct species he recites during a loveless Grindr meet up.

Unframed is a short docu-series that portrays the lives of various Lebanon-based artists, capturing a day in their world.