Short Profile: Rania Stephan
Combined programme
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IFFR 2008
At first sight the work of Rania Stephan can seem perplexingly heterogeneous, ranging from video art to raw documentary. However, the underlying coherence stems from her origin, Lebanese, at a crossroads of cultures and influences, East and West, exile and return. She works on the archaeology of images, identity and memory.
Her most recent work, anchored in the turbulent reality of her country, gives a personal perspective to political events. It intertwines raw images with a poetic edge, where chance encounters are captured with compassion and humour.
In dit verzamelprogramma
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Lebanon/War
A documentary about everyday life in Lebanon during the last war with Israel; far away from the TV cameras.. -
Train-Trains (Where’s the Track?)
A poetic documentary in which the maker looks back on the history of her homeland, based on the old railway between Beirut and Damascus.