ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin
Alia Haju & Léa Najjar “Ship Of Fools” | Lana Daher “Do You Love Me?”
“Ship Of Fools”, Short Documentary, Lebanon/Germany, 2024, 30 mins., Arabic with English subtitles
“Do you love me”, Documentary, Lebanon/Qatar/Germany, 2025, Arabic, English, and French with English subtitles
Afterwards: Talk with Lana Daher / English
- Film
Arabic /
With English subtitles /
“Ship of Fools”
Alia, and the monsters from her childhood are deeply affected by the destruction in Beirut. In her inner world, she encounters Abu Samra, a man training to be a superhero to save Beirut. He, too, harbors his own monsters but offers imaginative glimpses of resistance, inspiring even the filmmaker herself as she steps into the frame.
“Do you love me”
In what feels like a stream of consciousness, director Lana Daher's feature debut charts a modern history of Lebanon through the country’s cinematic and audiovisual archive. The journey, promising nostalgia, humour, and political commentary, ultimately unfolds as a love letter to Beirut, even if that love is expressed with a question mark. “Do You Love Me?” had its world premier at the Venice Film Festival, as part of the official selection of Giornate degli Autori.
Dates
Current
Credits
The 17th edition of ALFILM is funded by the Haupstadtkulturfonds and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung with financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Council of the Arab Ambassadors in association with the Mission of the Arab League, and the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient. In cooperation with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.
