SO DEAR, SO LOVELY

SO DEAR, SO LOVELY

    Price: $250.00

    Code: 2633

    Directed by Diana Allan
    2020, 23 minutes

    In this two-part tour through the streets of Lebanon, a colorful Palestinian cab driver offers offhand insight into the region’s fraught political and social climate through boisterous serenades and excitable outbursts.


    Subjects & Collections



    Festivals & Awards

    Official Selection - Art of the Reel
    Official Selection -  CPH:DOX
    Official Selection - Toronto Arab Film Festival, Toronto, ON
    Official Selection - Ethnographic Film Program, The Film Group, Sydney, Australia
    Official Selection - Antropologia Aplicata, Ferrara, Italy
    Official Selection - Open City Documentary Festival, London
    Official Selection - Ethnofest, Athens, Greece

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