Manara (2019)

Original title

منارة

Directed by

Zayn Alexander

Genre

drama, family

Country

Lebanon

Runtime

15 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood home in Lebanon. She confronts memories and unresolved feelings from her past.

intimatecontemplativesubtlerestrainedquietreminiscentslightly melancholy

What happens

Manara (Arabic: منارة) is the second short film directed by Lebanese filmmaker Zayn Alexander. It premiered in 2019 during the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section. The film was awarded the top prize at the 5th annual Laguna Sud - Il Cinema fuori dal Palazzo by a jury that included director Paola Randi, director of photography Valerio Azzali, and writer Franceso Targhetta. It went on to win the "Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking" at the 2020 ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival and "Best Narrative Short Film" at the 2020 Alexandria Short Film Festival in Egypt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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