COUNTING TILES Feature documentary - 85 min - 2018
Director : Cynthia Choucair Cinematographer: Joelle Abou Chabke Editor : Farah Kassem
“A group of clowns travel to the Greek island of Lesvos on a mission to bring laughter to the waves of refugees crossing the sea to escape from war and enter Europe. Unwittingly, the clowns find themselves greeted with closed gates witnessing the effects of new policies enacted by the European Union towards the refugees. Cynthia, the sister of one of the clowns, joins them on their journey which slowly becomes a reflection on the sisters’ own tale of displacement during the Lebanese civil war.”
Official selection: • “International Film Festival Rotterdam” 2018 • “Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal” • “Sheffield Doc/Fest” 2018 • “International Documentary festival FIDBA” Buenos Aires 2018 • “Guanajuato International Film Festival” 2018 • “Karama film festival Amman” 2018 • “Festival Méditerranéen de film de Tétouan” 2019 • “Les journées cinématographiques de Beirut” 2019 • “Baalbak international film festival” 2019 • “Taiwan international documentary festival” 2020
Winner: • Special mention of the Jury at the “Aswan international Women film festival” 2019 • Prix UNHCR for best feature film “CineMigrante film festival”
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