Catalogue des films de « Vartan Avakian »

"Thirty-five years ago, I witnessed the kidnapping of a man I know. He has disappeared since. Ten years ago, I caught a glimpse of his face while walking in the street, but I wasn’t sure it was him. Parts of his face were torn off, but his...

In "Street of Death," the narrator revisits the site of his youth – a lawless slum suburb pushed up against Beirut airport, where vendettas, crime, displays of power and raucous street weddings punctuate daily life. A treacherous stretch of...

In the middle of the wasteland that is Beirut Martyrs’ Square stands a statue, which is the national symbol of Lebanon. What does it have to say? And what happens if we compare it to other monuments in similar squares in Cairo, Tunis, Baghdad,...

Mariam is the mother of four kids. Her husband Rachid worked abroad for more than ten years. From 1978 to 1988, Mariam’s way of corresponding with her husband was through sending him audiocassettes. The cassettes provide intimate details of how...