Dialogues of exiled

Rami El-Nihawi’s research deals with the theme of exile and the re-appropriation of narratives as a way to overcome this traumatic experience. Those are developed in the trilogy described hereafter. Until further notice, a close-up on the Lebanese ‘organized chaos’, raises the question of exile and home through the fictional story of three Lebanese characters, Yusuf, Mahmoud and Ayoub. Possible memories provides a wider view of the Middle-Eastern chaos, discussing the difficulty for people to come up with narratives helping them confront their traumatic past. This project will take the form of a fake documentary about the making of a documentary about three female activists from different generations and countries. Life is but a fantasy, the widest view of the trilogy, deals with the global chaos and how to free ourselves from it through solidarity. This will be realised as a performance in which the filmmaker asks the audience to help him finalize a film about his dreams and nightmares.This research also focuses on the conditions of film production and distribution, proposing a collaborative online platform, Dialogues of exiled, to help member artists and their wider community to regain independence from traditional institutions in the creation process.

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2021

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